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Lifeblood of the parish : men and Catholic devotion in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
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ISBN: 1479868345 Year: 2021 Publisher: New York : New York University Press,

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A New York City ethnography that explores men's unique approaches to Catholic devotionEvery Saturday, and sometimes on weekday evenings, a group of men in old clothes can be found in the basement of the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Each year the parish hosts the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and San Paolino di Nola. Its crowning event is the Dance of the Giglio, where the men lift a seventy-foot tall, four-ton tower through the streets, bearing its weight on their shoulders. Drawing on six years of research, Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada reveals the making of this Italian American tower, as the men work year-round to prepare for the Feast. She argues that by paying attention to this behind-the-scenes activity, largely overlooked devotional practices shed new light on how men embody and enact their religiosity in sometimes unexpected ways. Lifeblood of the Parish evocatively and accessibly presents the sensory and material world of Catholicism in Brooklyn, where religion is raucous and playful. Maldonado-Estrada here offers a new lens through which to understand men's religious practice, showing how men and boys become socialized into their tradition and express devotion through unexpected acts like painting, woodworking, fundraising, and sporting tattoos. These practices, though not usually considered religious, are central to the ways the men she studied embodied their Catholic identity and formed bonds to the church.


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The missionary's curse and other tales from a Chinese Catholic village
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ISBN: 0520954726 9780520954724 1299587798 9781299587793 9780520273115 0520273117 9780520273122 0520273125 Year: 2013 Volume: 26 Publisher: Berkeley

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The Missionary's Curse tells the story of a Chinese village that has been Catholic since the seventeenth century, drawing direct connections between its history, the globalizing church, and the nation. Harrison recounts the popular folk tales of merchants and peasants who once adopted Catholic rituals and teachings for their own purposes, only to find themselves in conflict with the orthodoxy of Franciscan missionaries arriving from Italy. The village's long religious history, combined with the similarities between Chinese folk religion and Italian Catholicism, forces us to rethink the extreme violence committed in the area during the Boxer Uprising. The author also follows nineteenth century Chinese priests who campaigned against missionary control, up through the founding of the official church by the Communist Party in the 1950's. Harrison's in-depth study provides a rare insight into villager experiences during the Socialist Education Movement and Cultural Revolution, as well as the growth of Christianity in China in recent years. She makes the compelling argument that Catholic practice in the village, rather than adopting Chinese forms in a gradual process of acculturation, has in fact become increasingly similar to those of Catholics in other parts of the world.

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HISTORY / Asia / General. --- Catholic Church --- History. --- Shanxi Sheng (China) --- Shan-hsi sheng (China) --- Sansei-shō (China) --- Shan-hsi sheng kung shu (China) --- Shanxi (China : Province) --- Shansi, China --- Shan-hsi sheng jen min cheng fu --- Shanxi Province (China) --- Shansi Province (China) --- Shansi (China : Province) --- 山西省 (China) --- Folklore. --- Religious life and customs. --- S13B/0400 --- China: Christianity--Roman Catholicism: general works --- Catholic Church -- China -- Shanxi Sheng -- History.. --- Shanxi Sheng (China) -- Religious life and customs.. --- Shanxi Sheng (China) -- Folklore. --- Church of Rome --- Roman Catholic Church --- Katholische Kirche --- Katolyt︠s︡ʹka t︠s︡erkva --- Römisch-Katholische Kirche --- Römische Kirche --- Ecclesia Catholica --- Eglise catholique --- Eglise catholique-romaine --- Katolicheskai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ --- Chiesa cattolica --- Iglesia Católica --- Kościół Katolicki --- Katolicki Kościół --- Kościół Rzymskokatolicki --- Nihon Katorikku Kyōkai --- Katholikē Ekklēsia --- Gereja Katolik --- Kenesiyah ha-Ḳatolit --- Kanisa Katoliki --- כנסיה הקתולית --- כנסייה הקתולית --- 가톨릭교 --- 천주교 --- Shanxi Sheng (China) - Religious life and customs. --- Shanxi Sheng (China) - Folklore. --- boxer rebellion. --- boxer uprising. --- catholic practice. --- catholic rituals. --- catholic. --- china. --- chinese folk religion. --- chinese history. --- chinese priests. --- chinese village. --- chinese. --- christian history. --- christianity. --- communist party. --- cultural revolution. --- engaging. --- extreme violence. --- folk tales. --- franciscan missionaries. --- global themes. --- globalizing church. --- government and governing. --- historical. --- history. --- intense. --- italian catholicism. --- political. --- power of god. --- religion. --- religious history. --- socialist education. --- stories of faith. --- villages.

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