ÚLOHA NÁBOŽENSKÝCH EXPERTOV VO VYSVETLENÍ NÁBOŽENSKÉHO SPRÁVANIA LAIKOV

• Authors: Uhrin Michal

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Role of religious experts in explaining layperson ´s behaviour

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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The paper pays attention to an important aspect of religious practice - how people interpret their behaviour in relation to the expert ´s statements. I interpret the ethnographic data from perspective of the selected cognitive theories. In particular, I use the concept of traditional discourse and the theory of two modes of religiosity. The data were collected during ethnographic research in 3 villages situated in eastern Slovakia (2013), in central Slovakia (2015), and in western Slovakia (2017). I explore how non-experts address religious expert ś statements, attitudes, and behaviour when they explain their own attitudes and behaviour in religious sphere. I consider domains of life in which the expert ´s statements and behaviour are not relevant for layperson ś religious attitudes and actions and can even be interpreted negatively. I also address differences in explanations of religious expert ś and layperson ś attitudes. I argue that laypersons explain their attitudes and actions with reference to religious expert´s statements not only in domains of religion-related activities.

Keywords

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RELIGIOUS EXPERTISE; RELIGIOUS BEHAVIOUR; RELIGIOSITY; SLOVAKIA

• Publisher: Institute of Ethnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak Ethnological Society, and Slovak National Museum - Ethnological Museum (in Martin)
• Journal: Etnologické rozpravy (Ethnological Disputes)
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 40 – 63

Contributors

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Uhrin Michal

• Filozofická fakulta UK v Bratislave, Bratislava, Slovak Republic