Status After Death. Understanding Posthumous Social Influence Through a Case Study on the Christian-Orthodox Tradition

In this paper we propose a conceptualization of ‘posthumous social status’ as a performative reality accomplished through collective actions that are materially and symbolically legitimated. We question the classical definitions of social status that lead to oversocialized theoretical models, and we...

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Authors: Matei, Ștefania (Author) ; Preda, Marian 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: CEEOL [2016]
In: Journal for the study of religions and ideologies
Year: 2016, Volume: 15, Issue: 45, Pages: 257-282
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Orthodox Church / Dead person / Influence / Power
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
KDF Orthodox Church
Further subjects:B Social influence
B Social status
B posthumous prestige
B Performativity
B autopoietic social systems
B posthumous social status
B social immortality
B systems of influence
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