Religion and the Commemoration of the Disappeared in Argentina 40 Years after the Dictatorship: A Study of Martyrological Memory at the Church of Santa Cruz
This article analyzes how religion shapes Argentine memory of the period of state terror (1976-1983). The analysis focuses on the commemorative practices at the Church of Santa Cruz, a target of the former regime’s violence. The article describes the mechanisms through which the church undertakes it...
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Creighton University
2018
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The journal of religion & society
Année: 2018, Volume: 20 |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Commemoration
B Argentina B State Violence B Catholicism B Martyrological memory |
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Résumé: | This article analyzes how religion shapes Argentine memory of the period of state terror (1976-1983). The analysis focuses on the commemorative practices at the Church of Santa Cruz, a target of the former regime’s violence. The article describes the mechanisms through which the church undertakes its commemoration. These processes produce a "martyrological memory" that links the secular political past to core Christian narratives about "the giving of blood" for the sake of justice and "the kingdom of God." A vision of a reconciled Argentina that centers the oppressed and the martyrs thus emerges. |
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ISSN: | 1522-5658 |
Contient: | Enthalten in: The journal of religion & society
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Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10504/116848 |