MARIAN PILGRIMAGES AS A SIGNIFICANT PILLAR OF FOLK RELIGIOUSNESS Cover Image

MARIÁNSKE NÁBOŽENSKÉ PÚTE AKO JEDEN Z VÝZNAMNÝCH PILIEROV ĽUDOVEJ RELIGIOZITY
MARIAN PILGRIMAGES AS A SIGNIFICANT PILLAR OF FOLK RELIGIOUSNESS

Author(s): Katarína Nádaská
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Ústav etnológie a sociálnej antropológie Slovenskej akadémie vied
Keywords: religiousness, folk religiousness, religious tourism, Marian cult, religious pilgrimages

Summary/Abstract: In her paper, the author analyses folk religiousness and the factors influencing it. Folk Mariology and Marian pilgrimages constitute a significant pillar of folk religiousness. The author observes the transformations of folk religiousness and its direction and meaning through the platform of Marian pilgrimages in Slovakia. On the basis of her research and the study of literature by experts dealing with this issue, the author comes to the conclusion that folk religiousness and its traditional forms are changing, but Marian pilgrimages continue to enjoy great attention from believers of different ages.

  • Issue Year: 62/2014
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 335-362
  • Page Count: 28
  • Language: Slovak