Catholic Religious Minorities in the Times of Transformation (European Studies in Theology, Philosophy and History of Religions)

In the diasporic communities of Roman Catholics in Ukraine (Murafa) and Greek Catholics in Poland (Biały Bór) religion and the local clergy play a dominant role in the process of constructing new identities. Because of the memory of their ancestors’ deportation trauma the Greek Catholics define their Ukrainianness in opposition to their environment. In Roman Catholics’ case, the change of the liturgy’s language is followed by the Polish tradition’s rejection: they feel Ukrainian. The break of the tradition’s transmission path divides the community and directs them towards (pop)cultural homogenization with the Orthodox. The Greek Catholics are also divided because of their new church; universal in the Christian sense, it proves the overcoming of divisions, not accepted by everyone. Cover Copyright information Contents Part I Religious Culture in a Comparative Perspective Introduction. Comparative Studies on Religious Culture Catholics of the Two Rites during a Time of Systemic Transformation The Time of Carnival The Return of Traditionalism and Ethnic Religion Religious Culture Studies – Aims and Methodology Phenomenological Inspirations On Comparison The Selection of the Studied Communities The Light and Dark Side of Transformation Research Teams and the Book’s Design Bibliography The Term “Religious Culture” in Religious Studies Research in Poland Bibliography Comparison in Contemporary Anthropological Practice Reflection on Comparison: Political and Ethical Implications Return to Comparison Public Responsibility Comparative Consciousness Comparative Conscience Juxtapositional Model of Comparison The Context Theory Multilevel Comparison Conclusion Bibliography: Religion and Identity in the Post-socialist Landscape: A Comparative Perspective Churches and the “Really Existing Socialism” – or a Short History of Religious Life in Two Towns On “True” Priesthood – the Role of Priests in Creating a Community Murafa: Community in Faith – Attitudes towards Other Denominations and Religions Biały Bór: Community in Nation – Religion and Nationalism Summary Bibliography: Part II The Confessional Minorities of Murafa and Biały Bór. The Case Studies: In the Garden of Our Lady of Murafa Через наше село ішла Божа Матір (the Virgin Mary walked through our village): Public Religion and enchantment of the world in Contemporary Ukraine. The Case of Murafa and Klekotyna Villages in Vinnyt Murafa and Klekotyna in the Light of Previous Research on Religiosity in Ukraine and the Former USSR Public Religion in Murafa Ends of the Worlds Murafa’s and Ukraine’s Place in the World Conclusion Bibliography Language and Identity: Murafa’s Catholic Population on Language Changes in the Church The Church in Murafa Collective Memory The Specificity of Language Skills The New Role of the Polish Language Language in the Context of Church The Domestic Sphere as the Sphere of Choice Language Stereotypes The Local (Tutejszy) Identity Local People of Authority in Response to the Conflict of Interest in the Church Bibliography Narratives about the Pole’s Card and Its Impact on the Identity of Murafa’s Residents The Catholic Language – Polish as the Language of Prayer Exam for the Pole’s Card Attitudes of Murafa’s Catholic Residents Towards the Pole’s Card I The Older Generation II The Middle Generation III The Younger Generation Bibliography The Sounds of Chaos: The Liturgical Music Situation in Murafa’s Roman Catholic Community “The Neglected Music” Four Bands, Different Attitudes, Main Actors Two Paths in the Musical Space Chaos Bibliography Christian-Jewish Relations in the Antagonistic Tolerance Model: From Religious Communities to Communities of Memory1 Sharhorod and Murafa The Dispute About the Way of the Cross Antagonistic Tolerance Uman The Communities of Memory Public Memory Private Memory Official Memory Bibliography: A People Without a Homeland. “Mother of Exiles, Do Not Let Us Perish!” Confessional Communities as Communities of Memory: The Greek Catholics of Biały Bór and the Orthodox of Włodawa1 Introduction Place, Narrative and Memory Biały Bór’s Greek Catholic Community Włodawa’s Orthodox “Locals” (Tутейшi) Conclusions Bibliography The Role of Priests in Shaping the Religious Culture of the Uniate Parishes in Kostomłoty and Biały Bór The History of the Neo-Uniate Parish in Kostomłoty The Greek Catholic Parish in Biały Bór Similarities Between the Two Parishes The Formation of Kostomłoty’s Religious Culture Biały Bór – Questions about Religion and National Identity Summary Bibliography Jerzy Nowosielski’s Church in Biały Bór: Reception and Cultural Contexts The Landscape of Biały Bór Methodology The Origins of the Church The Time and Place The Construction of the Church The Practices An Experimental Facility Bibliography When “the Other” Becomes Someone Close... Ethnological Self-reflections on Functioning in a Ukrainian Community in Biały Bór The Beginnings Wonders Polish-Ukrainian Marriages: between Research and Experience Immersion and Identity Pros and Cons of Being a Member of the Researched Community Conclusion Bibliography The Locals (Tutejsi) and the Exiles: The Modernisation of Religious Culture in an Ethnographic Collage Model of Changes The Heroic Era: Strict Rules Language and Tradition: The Chain of Memory Reinvented Social Lineage of Tradition Boiling Blood: On the Conflict of Memories Priest as a Trickster and Other Authorities Singers Miracula, Veneration of Virgin Mary and Aesthetics Commemoration Sites Conclusion Bibliography List of Photos About the Authors In the diasporic communities of Roman Catholics in Ukraine (Murafa) and Greek Catholics in Poland (Bialy Bór) religion and the local clergy play a dominant role in the process of constructing new identities. Because of the memory of their ancestors? deportation trauma the Greek Catholics define their Ukrainianness in opposition to their environment. In Roman Catholics? case, the change of the liturgy?s language is followed by the Polish tradition?s rejection: they feel Ukrainian. The break of the tradition?s transmission path divides the community and directs them towards (pop)cultural homogenization with the Orthodox. The Greek Catholics are also divided because of their new church; universal in the Christian sense, it proves the overcoming of divisions, not accepted by everyone The book presents ethnographic research on two Catholic communities' religious life, interpreted in their history's context. It shows identity changes shaped by religious authorities which includes ethnic identity construction, conscious transcending of religious differences, tradition's transmission interruption and ethnic orientation change. Zawiera rozdziały autorstwa Polaków i dotyczące Polski: 14/14