The ideas of sacred/profane have come up in the media a lot lately. The article ‘Father Peter Kennedy in defiant mass at St Mary's’ from the Courier Mail made many things clear about the ‘sacred’ tradition of the Catholic Church. Father Kennedy, after being sacked from his parish of St Mary’s because of ‘unorthodox practices’, continued to take part in the parish, showing amazing conviction and strength for his God. These ‘unorthodox’ practices that he did included allowing a woman to preach and recognising gay relationship. He broke the mould of Catholic Sacredness that goes back hundreds of years to associate the church with young people (similar to the passion 06 DVD). And it worked – over 1500 people turned up, mums, dads, kids, grandparents and youth! The other article that interested me was ‘Italy crucifix row teacher barred’ form the BBC. The teacher, Franco Coppoli, was suspended from teaching for a month, after students complained about his taking down a crucifix from his classroom. Customary to Italy, the hanging of the Crux is not compulsory but accepted as ‘normal’. This was effectively rejecting the sacred Cross the Jesus Christ died on and acting as if it is just a profane element. Below, in the double bubble chart, I have outlined the key similarities and differences.
Ben, excellent thoughts. One question - how do you think both actions (in Italy and in South Bne) challenged the idea of sacred space? What ramifications do you think might be perceived as about to happen if these challenges were left unchecked?
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