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Sacred Places Europe

Author : Brad Olsen

Publisher : CCC Publishing

Page : 342 pages

File Size : 23,40 MB

Release : 2007

Category : Religion

ISBN : 9781888729122

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Combining current trends, academic theories, and historical insights, this travel guide brings both lesser-known and famous European spiritual locales into perspective by explaining the significance of each sacred site. The cultural relevance, history, and spirituality of each site—including Stonehenge, the Acropolis, Mont Saint Michel, Pompeii, and Saint Peter’s Basilica—are explained, creating a moving and artistic travel experience. Each destination—with selections spanning more than 15 countries throughout Europe—is accompanied by easy-to-follow maps and directions.



Sacred Places Europe

Author : Brad Olsen

Publisher : CCC Publishing

Page : 342 pages

File Size : 11,25 MB

Release : 2007-02-01

Category : Travel

ISBN : 1888729325

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Book Description

Combining current trends, academic theories, and historical insights, this travel guide brings both lesser-known and famous European spiritual locales into perspective by explaining the significance of each sacred site. The cultural relevance, history, and spirituality of each site—including Stonehenge, the Acropolis, Mont Saint Michel, Pompeii, and Saint Peter's Basilica—are explained, creating a moving and artistic travel experience. Each destination—with selections spanning more than 15 countries throughout Europe—is accompanied by easy-to-follow maps and directions.



Body and Sacred Place in Medieval Europe, 1100-1389

Author : Dawn Marie Hayes

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 218 pages

File Size : 42,29 MB

Release : 2004-11-23

Category : History

ISBN : 1135860041

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Body and Sacred Place in Medieval Europe investigates the medieval understanding of sacred place, arguing for the centrality of bodies and bodily metaphors to the establishment, function, use, and power of medieval churches. Questioning the traditional division of sacred and profane jurisdictions, this book identifies the need to consider non-devotional uses of churches in the Middle Ages. Dawn Marie Hayes examines idealized visions of medieval sacred places in contrast with the mundane and profane uses of these buildings. She argues that by the later Middle Ages-as loyalties were torn by emerging political, economic, and social groups-the Church suffered a loss of security that was reflected in the uses of sacred spaces, which became more restricted as identities shifted and Europeans ordered the ambiguity of the medieval world.



Sacred Space in Early Modern Europe

Author : Will Coster

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 380 pages

File Size : 26,10 MB

Release : 2005-07-28

Category : History

ISBN : 9780521824873

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In this 2005 book, leading historians examine sanctity and sacred space in Europe during and after the religious upheavals of the early modern period.



Sacred Places Around the World

Author : Brad Olsen

Publisher : CCC Publishing

Page : 289 pages

File Size : 27,43 MB

Release : 2004-02-01

Category : Travel

ISBN : 1888729317

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World travelers and armchair tourists who want to explore the mythology and archaeology of the ruins, sanctuaries, mountains, lost cities, and temples of ancient civilizations will find this guide ideal. Detailed here are the monuments and sites where ancient peoples once gathered to perform sacred rituals and ceremonies to worship various gods and to achieve spiritual enlightenment. Important archaeological, historical, and geological destinations worldwide are profiled, from the Great Pyramid in Egypt and the Forbidden City in China to the Temples of Angkor in Cambodia and Mount Shasta in California. Sites are described in historical and cultural context, and practical contemporary travel information is provided, including detailed maps, drawings, photographs, and travel directions.



Sharing Sacred Spaces in the Mediterranean

Author : Dionigi Albera

Publisher : Indiana University Press

Page : 291 pages

File Size : 48,81 MB

Release : 2012-02-20

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 0253016908

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“Will spark debate . . . and hopefully further research into points of contact between the monotheistic religions, and others.” —The Levantine Review While devotional practices are usually viewed as mechanisms for reinforcing religious boundaries, in the multicultural, multiconfessional world of the Eastern Mediterranean, shared shrines sustain intercommunal and interreligious contact among groups. Heterodox, marginal, and largely ignored by central authorities, these practices persist despite aggressive, homogenizing nationalist movements. This volume challenges much of the received wisdom concerning the three major monotheistic religions and the “clash of civilizations,” as contributors examine intertwined religious traditions along the shores of the Near East from North Africa to the Balkans.



Sacred Earth

Author : Martin Gray

Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company

Page : 300 pages

File Size : 39,99 MB

Release : 2007

Category : Photography

ISBN : 9781402747373

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... "Twenty years of photographs by photographer and anthropologist Martin Gray. Accompanying each photograph is commentary that takes us into the history, mythology and spiritual magnetism of the particular place ..."--Jacket.



Holy Rover

Author : Lori Erickson

Publisher : Fortress Press

Page : 256 pages

File Size : 35,23 MB

Release : 2017-09-01

Category : Travel

ISBN : 1506420729

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"Whether describing mystical visions or the rhythms of everyday life, Erickson turns the spiritual journey into a series of exciting transformations." ÑPublishers WeeklyÊ(starred review) From her childhood on an Iowa farm, Lori Erickson grew up to travel the world as a writer specializing in holy sitesjourneys that led her on an ever-deepening spiritual quest. InÊHoly Rover, she weaves her personal narrative with descriptions of a dozen pilgrimages. Along the way, Erickson encounters spiritual leaders who include the chief priest of the Icelandic pagan religion of Asatru, a Trappist monk at Thomas Merton's Gethsemani Abbey, and a Lakota retreat director at South Dakota's Bear Butte. Both irreverent and devout,ÊHoly RoverÊincludes images of holy sites around the world taken by several of the nation's leading travel photographers. Travel writer, Episcopal deacon, and author of the Holy Rover blog atÊPatheos, Erickson is an engaging guide for pilgrims eager to take a spiritual journey. Her book describes travels that changed her life and can change yours, too.



Pilgrimage and Sacred Places in Southeast Europe

Author : Mario Katic

Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster

Page : 233 pages

File Size : 27,48 MB

Release : 2014

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 3643905041

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Book Description

This book focuses on the relationship between pilgrimage, religion, and tourism in the context of southeastern Europe. The book brings together scholars from a broad range of disciplines, discussing different approaches and understandings of pilgrimage and tourism. It offers a fascinating collection of case studies from across the region. (Series: Studies on South East Europe - Vol. 14) [Subject: European Studies, Religious Studies, Tourism, History]



1000 Sacred Places

Author : Christoph Engels

Publisher : H F Ullmann

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 15,90 MB

Release : 2010

Category : Church architecture

ISBN : 9783833154805

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A world travel to religious and spiritual sites. The book invites readers to embark on a spiritual journey through the history and the cultures of the world.