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The Angelus: Devotional Television, Changing Times

2020; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 22; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/1527476420976120

1552-8316

Anna McCarthy,

Historical Studies of British Isles

The ringing of the Angelus, a Catholic call to prayer, is a staple of Irish state television broadcasting, occurring at 6 o’clock every evening. Over the years, the image track accompanying the bell has changed, transitioning from still to moving images and incorporating an increasingly secular pictorial repertoire. Although the Angelus is TV you are not supposed to watch, the document archives at Radió Teleifís Éireann offer plenty of rich evidence that people have always watched the Angelus closely, that they feel a personal stake in its modes of representation, and that they approach religious images as statements about religion and the Church.