Flooded Catholicism

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" Flooded Catholicism "
Michael Pasquier

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1067119
Doc. No	:	LA110748
Call No	:	‭10.1163/1572543X-12341525‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Michael Pasquier
Title & Author	:	Flooded Catholicism [Article]\ Michael Pasquier
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Exchange
Date	:	2019
Volume/ Issue Number	:	48/3
Page No	:	204–213
Abstract	:	In 2016 a massive rain storm flooded over 75,000 structures throughout Louisiana, contributing to the deaths of thirteen people and transforming the lives of thousands of victims. A representative of the Red Cross described the event as “the worst [natural disaster] to hit the United States since Superstorm Sandy.” Prayer during times of disaster is something to be expected. By listening to Catholics talk about praying and flooding in Louisiana, one can witness the breakdown of the Catholic Church’s theological and devotional prescriptions for prayer. The multivalence and diversity of prayer is on display in the lives and memories of those who flooded, challenging the notion that there is some kind of distinctly Catholic imagination that equips Catholics with the wherewithal to navigate the natural and supernatural tumult of something like a flood. In 2016 a massive rain storm flooded over 75,000 structures throughout Louisiana, contributing to the deaths of thirteen people and transforming the lives of thousands of victims. A representative of the Red Cross described the event as “the worst [natural disaster] to hit the United States since Superstorm Sandy.” Prayer during times of disaster is something to be expected. By listening to Catholics talk about praying and flooding in Louisiana, one can witness the breakdown of the Catholic Church’s theological and devotional prescriptions for prayer. The multivalence and diversity of prayer is on display in the lives and memories of those who flooded, challenging the notion that there is some kind of distinctly Catholic imagination that equips Catholics with the wherewithal to navigate the natural and supernatural tumult of something like a flood.
Descriptor	:	Catholic Imagination
Descriptor	:	devotionalism
Descriptor	:	disaster
Descriptor	:	environment
Descriptor	:	prayer
Descriptor	:	Roman Catholic Church
Descriptor	:	Roman Catholicism
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/1572543X-12341525‬