Geographies of Religious Spaces and Sacred Landscapes
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-0353-4381-2 (ISBN)
Darius Liutikas brings together renowned scholars to discuss religious rituals, practices, and sanctuaries, comparing sacred sites from different religions and revealing the cultural and spiritual importance of these spaces across diverse regions. Contributors discuss globalized challenges, and outline theories, concepts, and practical examples relating to the anthropological and sociological backgrounds of sacred landscapes. Exploring the nexus between religion and geography, the book demonstrates how sacred spaces adapt to meet the needs of evolving societies, highlighting the relationship between religious traditions and their spatial expressions.
Geographies of Religious Spaces and Sacred Landscapes is a thought-provoking and highly accessible read, designed for students and academics in cultural sociology, human geography, religious studies, and pilgrimage studies. Its discerning insights will also greatly benefit practitioners in cultural anthropology and tourism.
Edited by Darius Liutikas, Senior Scientific Researcher, Institute of Sociology, Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, Vilnius, Lithuania
Contents
1 Religious geography and sacred landscape: an introduction to the research area 1
Darius Liutikas
PART I CREATION, AFFIRMATION AND PRESERVATION
2 Utilisation of religious spaces: rituals, practices and community engagement 22
Ruth Dowson
3 The influence of sanctuaries on the creation of sacral landscape as exemplified by Catholic pilgrimage centres 36
Izabela Sołjan
4 New features and functions of European calvaries 49
Elżbieta Bilska-Wodecka
5 Temples and the contested development of sacred landscapes: the case of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 65
Daniel H. Olsen, Samuel M. Otterstrom and Brandon S. Plewe
6 Understanding the cosmology of Meru cult architecture in Bali, Indonesia 82
I Putu Gede Suyoga and Mira Sartika
7 Chapel Road: the dichotomy of motorways and sanctuary in Germany 93
Marcus van der Meulen
8 The development of the sacred place: Virgin Mary’s House in Ephesus 106
İrem Enser
9 The Hermitage of Silence at the Popocatépetl volcano in Mexico: an altar for the centuries 117
R�a�f�a�e�l� �R�a�m�ír�e�z� �E�u�d�a�v�e� �
10 Hindu sacred landscapes: evolution, perspectives, contemporality, and prospects 130
R�a�n�a� �P�.� �B�.� �S�i�n�g�h� �a�n�d� �P�r�a�v�i�n� �S�.� �R�a�n�a� �
11 The use of ritual and space in synagogues within representations of modern English Jewish heritage 148
J�e�s�s�i�e� �C�l�a�r�k� �
PART II TRANSFORMATION AND RE-USE
12 The sacred space in the City of Syracuse: from the Temple of Apollo to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Tears 163
A�g�n�e�s�e� �G�i�a�n�n�i�n�i� �
13 Church reuse as a strategy toward sustainable development of religious heritage 175
M�a�r�i�a� �A�r�n�o� �
14 Landscapes of transformation in sacred and religious structures: Germany 191
M�a�n�u�e�l�a� �K�l�a�u�s�e�r�,� �K�e�r�s�t�i�n� �M�e�n�z�e�l�,� �S�u�s�a�n�n�e� �H�a�n�i�k�a�,� �M�a�r�t�i�n�a� �S�c�h�m�i�t�z� �a�n�d� �A�l�b�e�r�t� �G�e�r�h�a�r�d�s� �
15 Religious-cultural landscape and land use conflicts: the case of Meteora (Greece) 206
P�o�l�y�x�e�n�i� �M�o�i�r�a�,� �P�a�r�a�s�k�e�v�i� �K�a�k�a�r�o�u�c�h�a� �a�n�d� �D�i�m�i�t�r�i�o�s� �M�y�l�o�n�o�p�o�u�l�o�s� �
16 Amokokupai and the Alleluia Penumbra: a spiritual geography of an Indigenous Christian landscape 223
D�a�n�i�e�l� �G�.� �C�o�o�p�e�r� �a�n�d� �D�i�n�o� �B�o�z�o�n�e�l�o�s� �
17 Sacred and profane spaces in a Mayan landscape: Mérida and its surrounding towns in times of sustainability 238
R�a�úl� �E�n�r�i�q�u�e� �R�i�v�e�r�o� �C�a�n�t�o� �
| Erscheinungsdatum | 19.07.2025 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Cheltenham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Bildbände |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-0353-4381-9 / 1035343819 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-0353-4381-2 / 9781035343812 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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