西方文学作品中的两个教士形象——克罗德与丁梅斯代尔文学形象比较

作为西方教会势力具体体现的教士,在相当多的情况下,他们不再是引导人们迷途知返的离上帝最近的人,而是遭遇可怕结局的悲剧性人物,表现了教会对人性的扭曲与摧残。     

Her Holiness: The Purohitas of Pune,India: Female Hindu Priests as Embodied,Emotional–Spiritual,and Aesthetic (Performative) Laborers

Abstract

Female priests are a relatively new phenomenon in Hindu Indian culture. Positioned as outsiders within, they have been marginalized from the male-dominated priestly profession, even as they continue to challenge normative expectations surrounding their unconventional occupational choice. This study presents findings from a multi-methods qualitative study that, in addition to analyzing media reports about female Hindu priests of Pune city, interviewed 12 practicing priests. Utilizing data-driven lenses of embodied, emotional–spiritual, and aesthetic (performative) labor, findings from this study revealed how participants communicatively and strategically diffused resistance and redefined competence by negotiating contradictory aspects of their professional realities.