On the Myth and Magic of Apparitions: A Study Based on Mother Mary’s Church in Sri Lanka

Surani Fernando and K.A.A. N Thilakarathna
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Surani Fernando: B.A, M.SOC (Sociology), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
K.A.A. N Thilakarathna: LL.B. (Colombo) LL.M. (KDU), Attorney at Law, Lecturer, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2021, vol. 5, issue 6, 268-279

Abstract: The design of this research article is to bring about the overall understanding about a Christian Religious myth on Mother Mary’s appearances or magical revelations at churches to people and how these revelations impacted in creating new religious dogmas. These revelations are being experienced in all over the world from small scale to large scale including Sri Lanka and how people have absorbed these beliefs leading to social changes. The article gives an explanation on the root causes and other reasons that lead to a religious belief or a dogma. The article is constructed contrasting and the connections with the thoughts abided with Mother Mary’s revelations to people. The essay is a qualitative descriptive analysis. The Methodology used is epistemological.

Date: 2021
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