Development of a New Pilgrimage Site and Place of Cult Worship under the Direction of the Rural Population
Development of a New Pilgrimage Site and Place of Cult Worship under the Direction of the Rural Population

Author(s): Roman Doušek
Subject(s): Cultural history, Modern Age, Rural and urban sociology, Sociology of Religion, History of Religion
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: New Pilgrimage Site; Rural population; religious behaviour; folk culture;
Summary/Abstract: In rural religious behavior and attitudes as an integral part of traditional folk culture, a multi-layered phenomenon was created and maintained by various processes. A layer of religiosity was created in the minds of the rural population and in their rituals, based on influences from the upper classes of the time.

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