La Vierge, le désordre, la critique

Claverie, Élisabeth

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“…Similar to witnesses of Marian apparitions (cf. Claverie ), they mobilize all possible arguments, including scientific ones, to make their experiences acceptable. Hence the already mentioned weave of legends, testimonies, scientific facts, and various stories that stands for the world of enchanted dolphins.…”

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Enchanting Gods and Dolphins: A Cross‐Cultural Analysis of Uncanny Encounters

Halloy¹,

Servais²

2014

Ethos

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The main thrust of our research is to provide a cross-cultural definition of enchantment. Drawing on first-hand accounts of spirit possession in an Afro-Brazilian cult and on Dolphin encounters at sea, we compare the two settings to identify the common features in both people's experiences and the technologies of enchantment that make them possible. According to our findings, the main features of the experience of enchantment are:ontological uncertainty as to the entities involved and the experience itself; uncanny feelings; an attentional focus on inner bodily and mental states; dissociative and hypnoid states; and a shift in perceived agency. We define the technology of enchantment as an "in-between space of practice" (Belin 2002), neither totally material, nor totally subjective, which enables the merging of unusual bodily states with imagination and culturally prepared expectations. Such merging is possible only if the individual is immersed in a sensorily organized environment Résumé Le principal objectif de cette recherche est de fournir une définition transculturelle de l'enchantement.Basée sur une ethnographie comparative des expériences de possession dans un culte afro-brésilien et des

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Section: Ethnographiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Enchanting Gods and Dolphins: A Cross‐Cultural Analysis of Uncanny Encounters

Halloy¹,

Servais²

2014

Ethos

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“…4 This object, whose importance hardly needs to be justified, has been left to theologians, historians and, of course, art historians. 5 In the very marginal sub-field of the social scientific study of apparition claims, divine photography has received some attention, though sometimes only as a secondary issue (Apolito, 2003;Claverie, 1990;Davis and Boles, 2003;Matter, 2001;Wojcik, 1996; for a study on a related phenomenon, pictures of spirits, see Faivre, 2003). A striking feature of this scant literature is how divine photos are analyzed so as to fit into the categories of the social world as devised by social scientists.…”

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“…A striking feature of this scant literature is how divine photos are analyzed so as to fit into the categories of the social world as devised by social scientists. Divine photos become a way to bridge the chasm separating faith from the rationalist demands for proof (Claverie, 1990); an expression of folk religion that answers the believers' needs (Wojcik, 1996); a product of the believers' interpretations (Matter, 2001); one of the resources used by pilgrims to "construct" the reality of the apparitions (Davis and Boles, 2003); or an element of a new culture of Marian apparitions, developing through the Internet, which generates apparitions and promotes support for them (Apolito, 2003). If these analyses eloquently demonstrate how divine pictures can fit into certain conceptions of the social world, they also dramatically show social scientists' incapacity to deal with the photos in their own terms.…”

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Taking Pictures of Jesus: Producing the Material Presence of a Divine Other

Berryman

2005

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A new form of visual representation of divine others is emerging: photography. I examine here a set of photos of deities related to an apparition claim. The goal I pursue is to analyze the self-constitutive features of these pictures -how they produce what they claim to be. I argue that the "presence" of the deities in the photos is achieved through "incarnation practices." But these pictures are not just a factual representation of alleged mystical events. They constitute an update and a variation on the "Grand Christian Narrative" wherein the factual poses the moral problem of belief. In that sense, divine photography does not modify the epistemology of religious belief.

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“…Nous verrons alors combien leurs propos font apparaître des éléments significatifs, propres à expliquer les différences relevées entre les assemblées. Notre démarche prendra ici appui sur les travaux d'Élisabeth Claverie qui, dans son approche des phénomènes religieux, favorise la prise en compte du sens critique des fidèles et de la signification que ces derniers accordent à leur activité croyante (Claverie 1990 Dans les années 1980, l'application outre-mer des lois de décentralisation libère l'expression des identités. Ce mouvement en faveur d'une reprise culturelle se traduit par un renouveau religieux qui, dans chaque milieu ethnoculturel, donne lieu à des cumuls ou à des retours aux matrices cultuelles originelles.…”

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Aubourg

2014

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La glossolalie est considérée comme le prototype des éléments, aussi mystérieux qu’irrationnels, garantissant la fascination des croyants pour les cultes pentecôtistes-charismatiques. Cependant, nos observations sur le terrain réunionnais nous conduisent à nuancer cette représentation : au-delà du caractère apparemment anarchique de ce phénomène, des normes et des codes lui sont associés. Nous souhaitons donc montrer l’influence jouée par le contexte religieux et organisationnel sur ces expériences extatiques individuelles. Pour ce faire, nous userons de la comparaison entre trois groupes : pentecôtiste, charismatique catholique et évangélique charismatique réunionnais. Dans chacun, nous procédons de manière originale en étudiant la musicalité des glossolalies. En amont, nous prendrons soin de situer ces interventions sonores dans le contexte de leur énonciation. Elles sont mises en lien en aval avec l’approche dogmatique portée par chaque groupe religieux. Les différences relevées entre ces assemblées mettent en évidence une pluralité de « chants célestes », ce qui permet de voir comment, dans l’état désordonné dans lequel le glossolale semble s’oublier, sa tradition culturelle et religieuse influence encore son comportement.

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La Vierge, le désordre, la critique

Cited by 55 publications

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Enchanting Gods and Dolphins: A Cross‐Cultural Analysis of Uncanny Encounters

Enchanting Gods and Dolphins: A Cross‐Cultural Analysis of Uncanny Encounters

Taking Pictures of Jesus: Producing the Material Presence of a Divine Other

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