Human Development in Sacred Landscapes

Name: Human Development in Sacred Landscapes
Brand: Brill Deutschland GmbH
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Between Ritual Tradition, Creativity and Emotionality

Written by Oliver Rackham, Susan Guettel Cole, Lukas Thommen, Sarah Hitch, Hamish A. Forbes, Efrosyni Boutsikas, James Roy, Mercedes Aguirre, Richard Buxton, Bettina Schulz Paulsson, Michael Teichmann, Vassiliki Pothou, Lutz Käppel, Jeremy McInerney, Lutz Käppel and Vassiliki Pothou

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“Holy Landscape” is a term frequently used to describe a multidimensional phenomenon. What this actually comprises is hard to define. Precisely this question is addressed in this volume. The “holy landscape” depends on people’s Weltanschauung and is influenced by their respective culture and ethos. It is not just a question of religious buildings and rituals, nor is a mere matter of explicating terms such as “pure” and “impure”, magic and myths; it is about an expressive space in which the “ceremony and mood of rites and cults” take place.The contributions also deal with the emergence and continuing development of the term “holy landscape” and the changing expressions of religious mood.

ISBN-13: 9783847102526
Publisher: V&R unipress
Imprint: Brill Deutschland GmbH
Publication date: 17 June 2015
Format: Hardback
Pages: 252
Dimensions: 237 x 160 mm
Illustrations: with numerous figures
Language: English