New Sacred Places in Contemporary Poland: Ethnographic Case Study of Two Miracles in Sokółka and Legnica

Abstract Events that happened in Poland in 2008 and 2013 related to the alleged miracles in Sokółka (in the Podlasie region) and Legnica (in the Silesia region) seriously affected the native ‘sacrosphere.’ Sensational information about the unusual events polarized public opinion by confronting secul...

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Main Author: Kalniuk, Tomasz 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: Journal of religion in Europe
Year: 2021, Volume: 14, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 55-79
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Sokółka / Miracle / Legnica / Belief in miracles / Popular piety / Secularism
RelBib Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
KBK Europe (East)
KCD Hagiography; saints
KDB Roman Catholic Church
Further subjects:B Sokółka
B Miracles
B Legnica
B Holy places
B miraculous religiosity
B folk religiosity
B Sacred
B sacrosphere of Poland
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