Frames in Confession
The Social Construction of Sexual Sin
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2514367 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cathryn Johnson (0000-0003-3435-4774, corresponding author), C Lincoln Johnson, Andrew J Weigert |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 368 |
| Publication date | 1980-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8294 • E-ISSN: 1468-5906 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1386131 |
| OpenAlex | W2320070526 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 5 |
One focus of the interpretive sociology of religion is the way religious institutions teach persons to organize their experience into relevant moral categories. Applying Goffman's frame analysis to pseudo confessions collected by Italian journalists posing as penitents, we discover three main frames used to decide whether actions are sins, and whether priests should give absolution. The frames are the Supernatural-Social, the Supernatural-Individual, and the Natural-Social. Orthodox confessors emphasize the Supernatural-Social frame, while pastoral confessors rely on the Supernatural-Individual Frame, and both would agree that the NaturalSocial Frame by itself is morally inadequate. Orthodox priests uphold the teaching of the Catholic Church and procreation; pastoral priests appoal to individual conscience and love
Confession (law) · Criminology · Political science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical and Literary Studies · Law · Psychology · Psychology of Social Influence · Social Psychology · Sociology and Cultural Identity Studies
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 2011 (26) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |