Called to God
Event, Narration and Subject Formation in the Vocation of a Catholic Nun
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4811751 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anu K Antony (0000-0002-1695-1535, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, corresponding author), Rowena Robinson (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 33-47 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Research on Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2050-3032 • E-ISSN: 2050-3040 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/20503032221148471 |
| OpenAlex | W4312199462 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 12 |
The literature emphasizes institutional formation in the process of a young woman becoming a nun or sees her motivations as stemming from expectations of social and economic mobility. This article focuses on the nun's call as event ( Badiou 2001 ; Humphrey 2008 ), revealing its truth to the subject and reconstituting her by her fidelity to it. However, its validation and realization are only accomplished within the structured formation and discipline of congregational life. Through an ethnographic analysis of the lives of nuns in two indigenous Catholic convents in Kerala, South India, the article shows that they often have to struggle against their families to embrace their call. The congregation endorses the authenticity of a young woman's call while requiring its constant reexamination through prayer and meditation. Thus, a nun's call is encoded in formulaic structures through institutional formation, but its sensory and imaginary experiences are uniquely hers. Analytically distinguishing the calling event from the narrated event, the article integrates a Foucauldian understanding of disciplinary practices with Alain Badiou's idea of the singular event for a grounded ethnographic grasp of the subject formation of a nun within her calling
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |