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dc.contributor.author | Koster, Adrianus | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-12T06:44:35Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-10-12T06:44:35Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1988 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Koster, A. (1988). Church and state intervention in feasts and rituals in independent Malta. Economic and Social Studies (New Series), 4, 1-28. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/34623 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The Maltese population has always loved feasts and rituals. The local Roman Catholic Church has since late medieval times played a central role in these festivities. Boissevain has admirably described these ceremonies in the way they were celebrated just before independence. The same author has pointed to the ever increasing scale of two community rituals, e.g. the Good Friday processions and the village festi. In this paper I would like to emphasize another aspect of feasts and rituals. Ever since Malta became independent many attempts to interfere with various religious ceremonies have been made by different groups within the Roman Catholic Church, each of them claiming to implement the consequences of the Second Vatican Council {1962-1965}. The Socialist Government that was in power between 1971 and 1987,4 also interfered several times with the celebration of religious feasts. This may he seen as a consequence of its policy to curtail the influence of Church and clergy. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | University of Malta. Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Fasts and feasts -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Fasts and feasts -- Catholic Church | en_GB |
dc.subject | Feasts, Religious -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Rites and ceremonies -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Church and state -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.title | Church and state intervention in feasts and rituals in independent Malta | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
dc.publication.title | Economic and Social Studies (New Series) | en_GB |
Appears in Collections: | Economic and Social Studies (New Series), Volume 4, 1988 Economic and Social Studies (New Series), Volume 4, 1988 |
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