Not being a Pharisee: thoughts on rule-following in Serbian Orthodoxy
Not being a Pharisee: thoughts on rule-following in Serbian Orthodoxy
Author(s): Nicholas LACKENBYSubject(s): Theology and Religion, History of Religion
Published by: Asociaţiunea Transilvană pentru Literatura Română şi Cultura Poporului Român - ASTRA
Keywords: Serbian Orthodoxy; rules; liturgical life: belief; orthopraxis; Serbian Orthodoxy; rules; liturgical life; belief; orthopraxis;
Summary/Abstract: This article considers the rich Serbian Orthodox discourse about rules. Using ethnographic data from the central Serbian town of Kraljevo, it argues that – at the level of everyday religious practice – people find ideas about rules and right practice incredibly generative for evoking the abstract concepts of sincerity, repentance, and belief. Orthodox faith is elusive, and people frequently evoke in terms of that which it is not.
Journal: Astra Salvensis - revista de istorie si cultura
- Issue Year: IX/2021
- Issue No: 18
- Page Range: 195-199
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English