Vernacular Religion: Immigrant Perspectives from North-East Scotland

Nicolas Le Bigre

Vernacular Religion: Immigrant Perspectives from North-East Scotland

Elphinstone Institute

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Abstract

The context-dependent nature of vernacular religionrenders it particularly susceptible to change, small or great, when faced with the tensions ofmigratory crossroads and the foreignness of new environments. In interviews with immigrants innortheast Scotland, the ostensibly contradictory concepts of flexibility and rigidity emerge as twokey aspects in preserving the inherent value of vernacular religion, if not always its exact shape.With the benefit of audio recordings from these interviews, I present and analyze the words ofcontributors discussing how moving to Scotland has affected both faith and practice

Original language	English
Publication status	Unpublished - 5 Nov 2014
Event	American Folklore Society Annual Meeting 2014 - New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM, United States Duration: 5 Nov 2014 → 8 Nov 2014 https://www.afsnet.org/page/2014AM3 (Link to 2014 Annual Meeting website)

Conference

Conference	American Folklore Society Annual Meeting 2014
Country/Territory	United States
City	Santa Fe, NM
Period	5/11/14 → 8/11/14
Internet address	https://www.afsnet.org/page/2014AM3 (Link to 2014 Annual Meeting website)

Keywords

Religion
Narrative
Recordins
Folklore
Ethnology
Scotland
Immigrant

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Vernacular Religion: Immigrant Perspectives from North-East Scotland

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