World youth day : : religious interaction at a Catholic festival / / Jane Skjoldli.

• Superior document: Critical Studies in Religion, Religionswissenschaft ; Band 14
• VerfasserIn: Skjoldli, Jane,
• Place / Publishing House: Göttingen, Germany : : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Critical studies in religion, Religionswissenschaft ; Band 14.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (309 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Body -- 1. What is World Youth Day? -- 1.1 The biggest papal gathering on record? -- 1.2 When did World Youth Days begin? -- 1.3 Previous research -- 1.4 Contextualizing this study -- 1.4.1 Pilgrimage studies -- 1.4.2 Digital game studies -- 1.5 Summary and outline of chapters -- 2. Religious interaction: What gaming can teach us about religion -- 2.1 "Lucy looks into a Wardrobe" -- 2.2 Running out of Hosts at World Youth Day -- 2.2.1 Realms of lived reality -- 2.3 Religion as interaction -- 2.3.1 Superhuman persons -- 2.3.2 Interaction and presence -- 2.3.3 Transrealm interaction -- 2.4 Interface -- 2.4.1 Religious interfaces -- 2.4.2 Interfacial elements -- 2.4.3 What about media? -- 2.4.4 The interfacial mind -- 2.4.5 Governing the interface: Magisterial and other normativities -- 2.5 Immersion -- 2.5.1 Immersion, flow, presence, and vulnerability -- 2.6 Summary -- 3. World Youth Day Origins: From Youth Gathering to Pilgrimage, 1984-1991 -- 3.1 From youth gathering to pilgrimage -- 3.1.1 World Youth Day emerges -- 3.1.2 Naming World Youth Day a pilgrimage -- 3.1.3 World Youth Day as a pilgrimage -- 3.2 Acknowledged influences in the official narrative -- 3.2.1 John Paul II -- 3.2.2 Catholic "World Days" -- 3.2.3 The United Nations -- 3.2.4 The revivification of pilgrimage trails -- 3.2.5 The new evangelization -- 3.2.6 Christocentrism and mariocentrism -- 3.2.7 The emergent official narrative -- 3.3 Other possible influences -- 3.3.1 Contextualizing World Youth Day -- 3.3.2 The communist World Youth Festival -- 3.3.3 Polish precursors to the World Youth Day Cross -- 3.3.4 Charismatic Christian "crusades" -- 3.4 Conclusion -- 4. Changing Pilgrimage: World Youth Day 1993, Denver -- 4.1 Denver: From metropolitan city to pilgrimage site.

4.1.1 How World Youth Day in Denver became a pilgrimage -- 4.1.2 Preparing for pilgrimage -- 4.1.3 Life and pilgrimage -- 4.1.4 Event design -- 4.1.5 Papal presence and participation -- 4.1.6 The World Youth Day community -- 4.1.7 World Youth Day saints -- 4.1.8 Our Lady of the New Advent -- 4.1.9 The Way of the Cross and the female Jesus controversy -- 4.2 How Denver defined World Youth Day -- 4.2.1 Remaking pilgrimage -- 4.2.2 Legacy -- 4.3 Conclusion -- 5. "Bringing the mind to Heaven": Religious interaction at World Youth Day 2016 -- 5.1 Interfacial elements at World Youth Day 2016 -- 5.1.1 Identifying interfacial elements -- 5.1.2 The Eucharist -- 5.1.3 Confession -- 5.1.4 The World Youth Day community and the universal Catholic Church -- 5.1.5 Pope Francis-an interfacial element? -- 5.1.6 Places, Poland, and Pope John Paul II -- 5.1.7 The Divine Mercy image‍(s) and the relics of Saint Faustina -- 5.2 Conclusion -- 6. Pilgrimage and immersion: Nuances of pilgrim‍(s) and pilgrimage at World Youth Day 2016 -- 6.1 Asking about pilgrimage -- 6.2 Transrealm interaction as a criterion for pilgrimage -- 6.2.1 Self-describing as pilgrim‍(s) -- 6.2.2 Describing pilgrimage -- 6.2.3 Pilgrims, non-pilgrims, and the "pilgrim scale" -- 6.2.4 Pilgrimage as immersion -- 6.3 Expanding possibilities for (inter)‍action -- 6.3.1 "Offer it up": Pain as part of play -- 6.3.2 God as fellow pilgrim: Superhuman persons initiate interaction -- 6.4 Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Method and methodology -- 1. A mixed-methods approach -- 1.1 The evolution of a research design -- 1.2 Historical research -- 1.3 Fieldwork -- 1.4 Respondents -- 2. Research ethics -- List of references and archival material -- References -- Archival material -- Index.