Abstract
The study of Lived Catholicism seeks to step away from the normative forces of
institutional expectations to explore Catholicism as it is found in the practices of
daily life. It draws on the foundations of lived religion in recognising the importance
of improvisation, negotiation, resistance and subversion in everyday religiosity. It
foregrounds the voices and experiences of ordinary people to explore the places of
Catholicism in their lives. However, if this emerging term is to find its place in the
academy, it must stand up to rigorous critique from across the disciplines. Here
specialists from the fields of sociology, anthropology, history and theology discuss the potential of Lived Catholicism to generate new categories of thinking in the study of Catholicism.
institutional expectations to explore Catholicism as it is found in the practices of
daily life. It draws on the foundations of lived religion in recognising the importance
of improvisation, negotiation, resistance and subversion in everyday religiosity. It
foregrounds the voices and experiences of ordinary people to explore the places of
Catholicism in their lives. However, if this emerging term is to find its place in the
academy, it must stand up to rigorous critique from across the disciplines. Here
specialists from the fields of sociology, anthropology, history and theology discuss the potential of Lived Catholicism to generate new categories of thinking in the study of Catholicism.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 9-27 |
| Journal | Ecclesial Practices - Journal of Ecclesiology |
| Volume | 9 |
| Early online date | 10 Jun 2022 |
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| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 10 Jun 2022 |