Challenging religious hegemony: ethno-pagan strategies for identity construction estrategias etno-paganas para la construcción de la identidad

This work applies the theoretical framework of the religious marketplace to examine the religious landscape of Lithuania as a hegemonic field where the dominant Catholicism is regarded as an integral part of the national identity. The research interest aims at exploring the Ethno-Pagan movement Romu...

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Published in:Ciencias sociales y religión
Main Author: Petrova, Zornitsa (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Asociación de Cientistas Sociales de la Religión del Mercosur 2021
In: Ciencias sociales y religión
Further subjects:B Mercado Religioso
B Etno-paganismo
B Hegemonía religiosa
B Construcción de la identidad
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Summary:This work applies the theoretical framework of the religious marketplace to examine the religious landscape of Lithuania as a hegemonic field where the dominant Catholicism is regarded as an integral part of the national identity. The research interest aims at exploring the Ethno-Pagan movement Romuva and its strategies to counteract the social authority of the Catholic Church and build legitimacy through maximization of cultural capital. I advance the hypothesis that the ritualized form of the celebration of the spring holiday Jorė could be regarded as an attempt to construct an alternative, counterhegemonic narrative of identity, which portrays a worldview where the ethnical, cultural, natural and political aspects of Lithuanian reality come together to form a comprehensive unity under the guidance of the Ethno-Pagan religion.
ISSN:1982-2650
Contains:Enthalten in: Ciencias sociales y religión
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.20396/csr.v23i00.15067