This Chapel is a Sanctuary:

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" This Chapel is a Sanctuary: "
Steve Nolan

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1069372
Doc. No	:	LA113001
Call No	:	‭10.1163/156973208X316199‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Steve Nolan
Title & Author	:	This Chapel is a Sanctuary: [Article] : Another Place or a Place for the Other?\ Steve Nolan
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	International Journal of Public Theology
Date	:	2008
Volume/ Issue Number	:	2/3
Page No	:	313–327
Abstract	:	Tabloid reporting about the removal of crosses from hospital chapels and the banning of Bibles on wards highlights a perception that English cultural identity is under threat by concessions made to minority groups, often characterized as 'political correctness gone mad'. A claim frequently made is that Britain is 'a Christian country', and this article argues that this idea, and its corollary that it is natural and right for Christian symbolism to have precedence in the sacred/spiritual spaces of healthcare institutions, acts as what Lacan and Žižek term a 'master-signifier'. As such, I argue that the marginalization of cultural representation—the symbolizing of cultural/religious values that legitimates the presence of minority religions/cultures—is an important factor contributing to the inequality of access to healthcare in general and palliative care in particular. Tabloid reporting about the removal of crosses from hospital chapels and the banning of Bibles on wards highlights a perception that English cultural identity is under threat by concessions made to minority groups, often characterized as 'political correctness gone mad'. A claim frequently made is that Britain is 'a Christian country', and this article argues that this idea, and its corollary that it is natural and right for Christian symbolism to have precedence in the sacred/spiritual spaces of healthcare institutions, acts as what Lacan and Žižek term a 'master-signifier'. As such, I argue that the marginalization of cultural representation—the symbolizing of cultural/religious values that legitimates the presence of minority religions/cultures—is an important factor contributing to the inequality of access to healthcare in general and palliative care in particular.
Descriptor	:	CHAPEL/SANCTUARY
Descriptor	:	LACAN
Descriptor	:	MASTER-SIGNIFIER
Descriptor	:	OTHERNESS
Descriptor	:	REPRESENTATION
Descriptor	:	ZIZEK
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/156973208X316199‬