Detailed Information on Publication Record
2015
Look up and kneel down before your God: why the position matters
KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ, EvaBasic information
Original name
Look up and kneel down before your God: why the position matters
Name (in English)
Look up and kneel down before your God: why the position matters
Authors
Edition
XXI. World Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions: "Dynamics of the Religions: Past and Present" 2015
Other information
Type of outcome
Prezentace na konferencích
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Organization unit
Faculty of Arts
Změněno: 2/5/2019 11:35, Mgr. Vendula Hromádková
V originále
Most religious traditions emphasize strict power distinctions between the human and superhuman/divine and often demand a submissive attitude towards the superhuman agents. This attitude can be enforced not only directly in teachings and theology of the given religious tradition, but also by ritual practices using embodied states of submission, such as kneeling, prostrating or looking up to the representation of deity. I argue that these practices in religious rituals are not mere expressions of subordination; rather, they establish and modulate submissive attitude and behaviour towards the superhuman agents. Experimental evidence supports this assertion for other bodily postures and the vertical orientation of perception. There is however no exhaustive research program focusing on submissive positions and dominance cues in religious rituals. The proposed paper will present experimental research exploring the influence of posture and location of stimuli on the perceptions and self-perceptions of power and dominance.
In English
Most religious traditions emphasize strict power distinctions between the human and superhuman/divine and often demand a submissive attitude towards the superhuman agents. This attitude can be enforced not only directly in teachings and theology of the given religious tradition, but also by ritual practices using embodied states of submission, such as kneeling, prostrating or looking up to the representation of deity. I argue that these practices in religious rituals are not mere expressions of subordination; rather, they establish and modulate submissive attitude and behaviour towards the superhuman agents. Experimental evidence supports this assertion for other bodily postures and the vertical orientation of perception. There is however no exhaustive research program focusing on submissive positions and dominance cues in religious rituals. The proposed paper will present experimental research exploring the influence of posture and location of stimuli on the perceptions and self-perceptions of power and dominance.
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