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Year: 2008
Run-Time: 1 x 44 min.
Directed by Katja Sindemann
PS Film for ORF
Languages:
German (ORIGINAL)
Format: 16:9
Prayer on a Chain - The Rosary Makes a ComebackGebet an der Kette - Der Rosenkranz kehrt zurück
Monotonous babble or a method of contemplation? Can
one really have a spiritual experience by reciting this prayer to Mary? This
documentary attempts to look into these and other questions, while also
examining the history of the rosary and developments throughout the Middle Ages
and early Modern period that led to its current form. In the beginning the
rosary may simply have been an amulet or a piece of jewellery but it quickly
developed into a status symbol and was even used as a weapon in the wars
against the Turks. Reformers and church politicians even used its symbolism in
later times to make spirituality comprehensible, just like prayer beads in
other religions such as Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism.
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