The current rituality of Catholic death in Catalonia: A world of meanings.
This article sheds light on the current Catholic experience of mourning and death in Catalonia by means of theoretical-interpretative contributions from the field of rituality and the sensitive dimension. It focuses on a method of analysis that emphasizes the deep meanings and sensory dimension of t...
| Published in: | Death Studies Vol. 49; no. 10; pp. 1335 - 1343 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2025
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