Places of the Dead and the Living: A Study of Cemetery Religious Symbolism as Funerary Expressions of Religiosity

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15210%2F23%3A73622249" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15210/23:73622249 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.31577/SN.2023.4.37" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.31577/SN.2023.4.37</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.31577/SN.2023.4.37" target="_blank" >10.31577/SN.2023.4.37</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Places of the Dead and the Living: A Study of Cemetery Religious Symbolism as Funerary Expressions of Religiosity

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This study examines attitudes towards the afterlife and the death of close relatives of the deceased. The research focuses on cemeteries and tombstones, understood as places that can provide information about the bereaved’s funerary expressions of religiosity. We have focused through the perspective of the academic study of religion (Religious Studies) on two Central European regions, specifically along the borders of the Czech Republic, with different levels of declared religiosity. These regions were influenced by different national (Czech, German, and Polish) and religious groups (especially Catholic and Protestant). In total, we have documented almost 10,000 gravestones and developed a quantitative method for the data processing. Our study confirmed the correlation between funeral expressions and declared religiosity as revealed in the Censuses. The research also proved that it is possible to track changes in such expressions over time, as well as differences among national attitudes. Moreover, our results suggest the suitability of the research method for studying relatively small localities rather than large areas with huge populations.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Places of the Dead and the Living: A Study of Cemetery Religious Symbolism as Funerary Expressions of Religiosity

Popis výsledku anglicky

This study examines attitudes towards the afterlife and the death of close relatives of the deceased. The research focuses on cemeteries and tombstones, understood as places that can provide information about the bereaved’s funerary expressions of religiosity. We have focused through the perspective of the academic study of religion (Religious Studies) on two Central European regions, specifically along the borders of the Czech Republic, with different levels of declared religiosity. These regions were influenced by different national (Czech, German, and Polish) and religious groups (especially Catholic and Protestant). In total, we have documented almost 10,000 gravestones and developed a quantitative method for the data processing. Our study confirmed the correlation between funeral expressions and declared religiosity as revealed in the Censuses. The research also proved that it is possible to track changes in such expressions over time, as well as differences among national attitudes. Moreover, our results suggest the suitability of the research method for studying relatively small localities rather than large areas with huge populations.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

60304 - Religious studies

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Slovensky Narodopis-Slovak Ethnology

ISSN

1335-1303

e-ISSN

1339-9357

Svazek periodika

71

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

SK - Slovenská republika

Počet stran výsledku

22

Strana od-do

426-447

Kód UT WoS článku

001194124300007

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85182928490