Between Online Autonomy and Local Constraints: Spaces of Roman Catholic Women’s Activity in Poland

IF 2.4 1区哲学 0 RELIGION

Sociology of Religion Pub Date : 2021-12-02 DOI:10.1093/socrel/srab058

A. Szwed

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Abstract

The analysis presented in this article shows how a hybrid community combining online and offline activity generates a semi-autonomous space of women's activity, neither fully independent of the religious institution, nor entirely controlled by it. Based on results obtained over 15 months of qualitative research conducted in the Captivating (Urzekająca), conservative community of Roman Catholic women in Poland, I show that digital environments are conducive to building a community of women, a creative approach to practices, renegotiating power relations, and building a sense of agency among women, while also recognizing the authority of the Church as an institution. At the same time, I argue that relative autonomy in practising religion online is limited by the pressures experienced by women in the offline space as a result of the nature of the local Church. The article discusses the question of the relations between the online and offline space, as well as the role of the broader context for understanding conservative women's practice of religion.

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在线自治与地方制约之间——波兰罗马天主教妇女活动的空间

本文中的分析表明，一个结合了线上和线下活动的混合社区是如何产生一个半自主的女性活动空间的，既不完全独立于宗教机构，也不完全受其控制，在波兰保守的罗马天主教女性社区，我表明数字环境有助于建立一个女性社区，一种创造性的实践方法，重新谈判权力关系，在女性中建立代理意识，同时也承认教会作为一个机构的权威。与此同时，我认为，由于当地教会的性质，女性在线下空间所经历的压力限制了在线信奉宗教的相对自主性。文章讨论了线上和线下空间之间的关系问题，以及更广泛的背景在理解保守女性宗教实践中的作用。

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7.50

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6.50%

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期刊介绍： Sociology of Religion, the official journal of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, is published quarterly for the purpose of advancing scholarship in the sociological study of religion. The journal publishes original (not previously published) work of exceptional quality and interest without regard to substantive focus, theoretical orientation, or methodological approach. Although theoretically ambitious, empirically grounded articles are the core of what we publish, we also welcome agenda setting essays, comments on previously published works, critical reflections on the research act, and interventions into substantive areas or theoretical debates intended to push the field ahead. Sociology of Religion has published work by renowned scholars from Nancy Ammerman to Robert Wuthnow. Robert Bellah, Niklas Luhmann, Talcott Parsons, and Pitirim Sorokin all published in the pages of this journal. More recently, articles published in Sociology of Religion have won the ASA Religion Section’s Distinguished Article Award (Rhys Williams in 2000) and the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion’s Distinguished Article Award (Matthew Lawson in 2000 and Fred Kniss in 1998). Building on this legacy, Sociology of Religion aspires to be the premier English-language publication for sociological scholarship on religion and an essential source for agenda-setting work in the field.