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Are Roadside Crosses in Poland a Religious or Cultural Expression?

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Veröffentlicht in: Religions 12(2021,1) Artikel 8
Personen und Körperschaften: Przybylska, Lucyna (VerfasserIn)
Titel: Are Roadside Crosses in Poland a Religious or Cultural Expression?
Format: E-Book-Kapitel
Sprache: Englisch
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[2021]
Gesamtaufnahme: : Religions, 12(2021,1) Artikel 8
, volume:12
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Quelle: Verbunddaten SWB
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Zusammenfassung: The paper contributes to the discourse on roadside memorialisation in the countries of Christian heritage in Europe, Australia, and North America. The aim of the paper is to assess the social perception of the motivation of people constructing roadside crosses at the places of fatal car accidents along public roads in Poland. Is it religious, cultural or both religious and cultural? The uniqueness of this survey lies in its representativeness of the population of one country and the religiosity variable incorporated into a public opinion poll. The study proves that there exists a relationship between one’s declaration of faith and the perception of memorial crosses. Believers more often than atheists opt for both a religious and a cultural meaning of roadside crosses. Atheists and agnostics more often than believers associate roadside crosses only with a cultural meaning—the custom of marking places of death with crosses.
ISSN: 2077-1444
DOI: 10.3390/rel12010008