Everyday Life from a Sacral Perspective. Individual Entries in Prayer Books of Intentions as Material for Social Research
This paper presents the exploratory potential of entries in prayer books of intentions displayed in places of worship and in their online counterparts—virtual boxes of intentions. By reporting the happiness, dramas, and the whole element of human existence, individual prayer intentions are extremely...
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| description | This paper presents the exploratory potential of entries in prayer books of intentions displayed in places of worship and in their online counterparts—virtual boxes of intentions. By reporting the happiness, dramas, and the whole element of human existence, individual prayer intentions are extremely authentic and valuable source materials. Their analysis requires extraordinary ethical sensitivity on the part of the researcher. Based on a review of previous research explorations and my own research, a four-dimensional model of analysis is proposed, consisting of the following areas: axionormative, communitarian, communicative, and ordinary theology. It can be useful for developing analyses of such documents and also allows for comparative research. The text also discusses the limitations associated with such analyses and briefly signals the basic ethical dilemmas and possible directions for further research using prayer entries. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3a30f147909449fa923ad7c0cc6dc3c62023-11-23T01:16:50ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442021-11-01121196810.3390/rel12110968Everyday Life from a Sacral Perspective. Individual Entries in Prayer Books of Intentions as Material for Social ResearchRafał Cekiera0Institute of Sociology, University of Silesia, Bankowa 11, 40-007 Katowice, PolandThis paper presents the exploratory potential of entries in prayer books of intentions displayed in places of worship and in their online counterparts—virtual boxes of intentions. By reporting the happiness, dramas, and the whole element of human existence, individual prayer intentions are extremely authentic and valuable source materials. Their analysis requires extraordinary ethical sensitivity on the part of the researcher. Based on a review of previous research explorations and my own research, a four-dimensional model of analysis is proposed, consisting of the following areas: axionormative, communitarian, communicative, and ordinary theology. It can be useful for developing analyses of such documents and also allows for comparative research. The text also discusses the limitations associated with such analyses and briefly signals the basic ethical dilemmas and possible directions for further research using prayer entries.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/11/968prayerintercessory prayerprayer books of intentionsinternet prayerordinary theology |
| spellingShingle | Rafał Cekiera Everyday Life from a Sacral Perspective. Individual Entries in Prayer Books of Intentions as Material for Social Research Religions prayer intercessory prayer prayer books of intentions internet prayer ordinary theology |
| title | Everyday Life from a Sacral Perspective. Individual Entries in Prayer Books of Intentions as Material for Social Research |
| title_full | Everyday Life from a Sacral Perspective. Individual Entries in Prayer Books of Intentions as Material for Social Research |
| title_fullStr | Everyday Life from a Sacral Perspective. Individual Entries in Prayer Books of Intentions as Material for Social Research |
| title_full_unstemmed | Everyday Life from a Sacral Perspective. Individual Entries in Prayer Books of Intentions as Material for Social Research |
| title_short | Everyday Life from a Sacral Perspective. Individual Entries in Prayer Books of Intentions as Material for Social Research |
| title_sort | everyday life from a sacral perspective individual entries in prayer books of intentions as material for social research |
| topic | prayer intercessory prayer prayer books of intentions internet prayer ordinary theology |
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