Sacred Ritual, Profane Space

Cianca, Jennifer L.

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“…Both authors point to this desperate need for the social sciences to rethink definitions of graffiti, and to effectively work together to craft new knowledge on the affective qualities for studying the presence of graffiti in sacred spaces (Blackwell & Stanley-Blackwell, 1998). I took their concluding statements as an invitation to explore further (by engaging applicable textssuch as those offered by Alderman & Moreau (2011), Cianca (2018, Sinha (2016) and Good (1999)) and expand upon in new ways. Like Blackwell and Stanley-Blackwell (1998), my research uses graffiti as a material means for exploring the liminal space -i.e., the rupture, overlap or blending of social space -that exists between the sacred and the profane (Crooke & McDowell, 2019).…”

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“…An assertion which can be further supported by the observable fact that the bulk of the graffiti located in this belltower has been confined to this very same room (Erickson, 1987;Symbaluk, 2014. ) Research pertaining to either how profane spaces become sacred (i.e., Cianca (2018) on church homes during the ancient Roman empire), sacred spaces come into being (i.e., Sinha (2016) on how urban landscapes of Singapore become infused with the sacred) or how signs of the sacred can leech out of sacred spaces and into the communities beyond (i.e., Good (1999) on how space and competing religious cosmologies were mitigated in the South Indian town of Kalugumalai) can be found in abundance. However, less research has considered how architecture built for the purpose of housing the sacred is accredited with qualities that are simultaneously sacred and profane.…”

Section: Timeline Graffiti As a Medium For Exploring Liminal Spacementioning

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From Whom the Bell Tolls: An Analysis of a Space Both Sacred and Profane

Wauthier-Paspuleti

2023

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For over a hundred years the sextons and chimers of Stratford, Ontario, Canada’s St. James Anglican Church have committed ‘timeline graffiti’ to the inner-most walls of St. James Belltower, and in doing so have unknowingly left behind a spectacular display of micro-historical storytelling and spatial negotiation. Like those who have readily written on the discolored walls of St. James Belltower, this article opposes the situation of graffiti in sacred space as being an automatic encroachment of the everyday profane on the sacred. Using a combination of document analysis (visual analysis) and autoethnographic techniques (reflexivity and narrative inquiry) I explore how the materiality of St. James Anglican Church’s Belltower and the ‘timeline graffiti’ found therein represent a uniquely Canadian example of how the profane operates within, against and parallel to what has so quickly been deemed sacred.

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From Whom the Bell Tolls: An Analysis of a Space Both Sacred and Profane

Wauthier-Paspuleti

2023

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“…For thousands of years, places of worship have been the center of religious activity in human civilization (Cianca, 2018;Harrington, 2004;Mazumdar & Mazumdar, 2004). In sacred spaces, there are complex dynamics of communication, a combination of interpersonal communication to intrapersonal communication.…”

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Ritualization of Online Worship During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study in GKMI ARK

Murwendayoko

2023

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The COVID-19 outbreak that first happened in the city of Wuhan, China on January 2020 did not take long until it reached other parts of the world and then declared by World Health Organization as a pandemic within two month. In Indonesia, Mr. President Joko Widodo urged every citizen to do academic, economical, and religious activities at home in order to slow the spread of the virus. Christian congregations are among religious groups that had been affected by government’s measures to reduce the Coronavirus transmission. While online learning and remote working have been known and practiced by some, online worship was imaginable by none. Located within the “red area” where Coronavirus transmission is high, Gereja Kristen Muria Indonesia Anugerah Rayon Kembangan (GKMI ARK) was among the first churches in Indonesia to switch from on-site to fully online worship. The pastor and elders gave new set of rituals for online worship, to which the congregation must adapt, regardless of their preparedness. Ritual can be broadly defined as a set of meaningful sequence of actions produced by ritualization. This paper aims to explore the ritualization of online worship of GKMI ARK congregation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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‘God, Soul, and Flesh’: Spiritual Formation as Divine Embodiment in Aurelius Augustine

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2022

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Sacred Ritual, Profane Space

Cited by 6 publications

References 56 publications

From Whom the Bell Tolls: An Analysis of a Space Both Sacred and Profane

From Whom the Bell Tolls: An Analysis of a Space Both Sacred and Profane

Ritualization of Online Worship During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study in GKMI ARK

‘God, Soul, and Flesh’: Spiritual Formation as Divine Embodiment in Aurelius Augustine

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