À La Recherche de Miracles - (21e - Société, Histoire Et Cultures) by Monica Grigore-Dovlete (Hardcover)

About the Book

Pourquoi la religion est-elle si présente en Roumanie postcommuniste ? Quels sont les impacts de la présence accrue de la religion sur la société ? C'est sur le terrain, dans le cadre de pèlerinages réalisés dans des monastères de renom, notamment auprès de pèlerines pieuses, que l'auteure cherche des réponses.

Book Synopsis

At the end of 1989, Romania was on a journey towards democracy. Since then, the country has undergone many changes, including a so-called religious renaissance.

Why is religion so prominent in a post-communist Romanian society? What impacts has the increased presence of religion had on Romanian society? The author seeks answers to these questions in the context of pilgrimages to Romanian monasteries renowned for their miracles, charismatic confessors, and relics. In observing the faith and practices of women--without omitting the official religion bearers--this book explores four themes which compose as many parts of the lived religion: fate, charisma, materiality and relics.

In the back and forth between those themes a picture is uncovered of a religion in an orthodox context and offers an explanation on the increased presence of religion in Romania post-1989 and the social transformations characteristic of the post-communist period.

Published in French.

About the Author

Monica Grigore-Dovlete is a researcher at the Institut de recherche sur l'intégration professionnelle des immigrants at Collège de Maisonneuve. After completing her doctorate in sociology at Université de Montréal, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Ottawa (Religion and Diversity project). In 2014, she won the Miklós Tomka Award from the International Study of Religion in Eastern and Central Europe Association (ISORECEA) for her research project titled The Body, Religion, and Pilgrimage: Beliefs and Practices of Orthodox Romanians.