Loci sacri :
Loci sacri : understanding sacred places /
T. Coomans ... [and others], eds.
- 1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations.
- KADOC-Studies on Religion, Culture and Society ; 9 .
- KADOC studies on religion, culture, and society ; 9. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages [256]-280).
Spirituality and scholarship : sacred acts in sacred spaces / What makes a monastery a sacred place? / Types. The scandal of particularity : meaning, incarnation and sacred places / (Sacred) places are made of time : observations on the persistence of the sacred in categorizing space in modernity / The house of God? The conceptualization of sacred places in the Hebrew Bible and beyond / Sites. The need and the search for sacred places : a sociological perspective / Capturing nameless energies, experiencing matrixial paradoxes : syncretist sacred sites on the Canary Islands / No places of pilgrimage without devotion(s) / Representing sacred space : pilgrimage and literature / Purported sacrality : the ambiguous past and ironic present of a sometimes sacred Mesoamerican archaeological-tourist site / What makes a site sacred? Transforming 'place' to 'sacred space' / Reusing. Dedication rituals and two models for the sacralization of space / Reuse of sacred places : perspectives for a long tradition / 'Heritagization' of church buildings : Quebec and North American perspectives / Rajesh Heynickx ... [et al.] -- David N. Bell -- Armand Veilleux -- Bart Verschaffel -- Herman De Dijn -- Bart Verschaffel -- Pierre Van Hecke -- Rajesh Heynickx -- Liliane Voyé -- Paul Vandenbroeck -- Charles M.A. Caspers -- Jamie S. Scott -- Lindsay Jones -- Terryl N. Kinder -- Thomas Coomans -- Maarten Delbeke -- Thomas Coomans -- Luc Noppen & Lucie K. Morisset. Introduction / Introduction / Introduction / Introduction /
Sacred places have long exercised a special fascination. Sacred places are not static entities but reveal a historical dynamic. They are the result of cultural developments and have varied multidimensional levels of significance. They are places where time is, as it were, suspended, and they are points where holy times and holy places meet. Sacred places are places apart. It is this specificity in the context of the Christian religions of the West that 'Loci sacri' wishes to unveil by bringing together specialists from various disciplines, countries, and Christian denominations. One of the questions is why some sites have for centuries proven to be so popular while others have not. Another topic is the way in which extraordinary natural sites have been designated as sacred and given new meaning, primarily by means of architecture. "Loci sacri" also explores the 'eternal' character of this sacred status.
9789461661050 (electronic bk.) 9461661053 (electronic bk.)
Sacred space.
Shrines.
Religious facilities.
Christianity.
Christianity.
Religious facilities.
Sacred space.
Shrines.
RELIGION / Christian Theology / Systematic
RELIGION / Christianity / General
Electronic books.
BL580 / .L63 2012eb
230
Includes bibliographical references (pages [256]-280).
Spirituality and scholarship : sacred acts in sacred spaces / What makes a monastery a sacred place? / Types. The scandal of particularity : meaning, incarnation and sacred places / (Sacred) places are made of time : observations on the persistence of the sacred in categorizing space in modernity / The house of God? The conceptualization of sacred places in the Hebrew Bible and beyond / Sites. The need and the search for sacred places : a sociological perspective / Capturing nameless energies, experiencing matrixial paradoxes : syncretist sacred sites on the Canary Islands / No places of pilgrimage without devotion(s) / Representing sacred space : pilgrimage and literature / Purported sacrality : the ambiguous past and ironic present of a sometimes sacred Mesoamerican archaeological-tourist site / What makes a site sacred? Transforming 'place' to 'sacred space' / Reusing. Dedication rituals and two models for the sacralization of space / Reuse of sacred places : perspectives for a long tradition / 'Heritagization' of church buildings : Quebec and North American perspectives / Rajesh Heynickx ... [et al.] -- David N. Bell -- Armand Veilleux -- Bart Verschaffel -- Herman De Dijn -- Bart Verschaffel -- Pierre Van Hecke -- Rajesh Heynickx -- Liliane Voyé -- Paul Vandenbroeck -- Charles M.A. Caspers -- Jamie S. Scott -- Lindsay Jones -- Terryl N. Kinder -- Thomas Coomans -- Maarten Delbeke -- Thomas Coomans -- Luc Noppen & Lucie K. Morisset. Introduction / Introduction / Introduction / Introduction /
Sacred places have long exercised a special fascination. Sacred places are not static entities but reveal a historical dynamic. They are the result of cultural developments and have varied multidimensional levels of significance. They are places where time is, as it were, suspended, and they are points where holy times and holy places meet. Sacred places are places apart. It is this specificity in the context of the Christian religions of the West that 'Loci sacri' wishes to unveil by bringing together specialists from various disciplines, countries, and Christian denominations. One of the questions is why some sites have for centuries proven to be so popular while others have not. Another topic is the way in which extraordinary natural sites have been designated as sacred and given new meaning, primarily by means of architecture. "Loci sacri" also explores the 'eternal' character of this sacred status.
9789461661050 (electronic bk.) 9461661053 (electronic bk.)
Sacred space.
Shrines.
Religious facilities.
Christianity.
Christianity.
Religious facilities.
Sacred space.
Shrines.
RELIGION / Christian Theology / Systematic
RELIGION / Christianity / General
Electronic books.
BL580 / .L63 2012eb
230
