Abstract
The main purpose of this article is to discuss the social aspects of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary, the development of apparition places, as well as the motivation and behavioral characteristics of pilgrims going to the miraculous places of the Virgin Mary in Lithuania. The article reviews the criteria recognized by the Church for assessment of the authenticity of apparitions, their characteristics, paradigm, and other scientific researches, a list of the Vatican-approved apparitions and apparition places in Lithuania. We used the main elements of the paradigm of apparitions for an empirical study of the officially recognized apparition in Šiluva, Lithuania. Finally, we also explore the complex motivation of religious tourism and pilgrimage. It relates to the manifestation of pilgrims’ personal or community values and identity as well as other cognitive or social motives. The paper concludes that the apparitions of the Virgin Mary take place in locations where social groups resist political, social, or moral change. Therefore, places of apparitions become a continuously re-created and re-interpreted social reality.
Highlights
The main purpose of this article is to discuss the social aspects of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary, the development of apparition places, as well as the motivation and behavioral characteristics of pilgrims going to the miraculous places of the Virgin Mary in Lithuania
We also explore the complex motivation of religious tourism and pilgrimage
Keturios (Šiluva, Imbradas, Keturnaujiena ir Skiemonys) iš dvidešimties pagrindinių Lietuvos piligrimystės vietų yra susijusios su Švč
Summary
The main purpose of this article is to discuss the social aspects of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary, the development of apparition places, as well as the motivation and behavioral characteristics of pilgrims going to the miraculous places of the Virgin Mary in Lithuania. Mergelės Marijos apsireiškimų vietų, tačiau XX a. Mergelės Marijos apsireiškimų, kurie neturi oficialaus pripažinimo, tačiau jų vietos yra lankomos piligrimų ir ten matoma aktyvių tikėjimo apraiškų. Mergelės Marijos apsireiškimų tyrimai yra gana reti (Berryman 2001; Davis and Boles 2003). Mergelės Marijos apsireiškimai: sociologinė analizė piligrimų, vietos bendruomenės, mokslininkų, teologų ir kitų grupių.
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