Sakralität und Mobilität im Kaukasus und in Südosteuropa
By: Tsypylma Darieva, Thede Kahl, Svetoslava Toncheva (Hg.).
Series: Sitzungsberichte / Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse -- 882. Band; Sitzungsberichte (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse) -- 882. Bd.
Publisher: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaft
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Wien
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9783700180999
Subjects: Religious life and customs
Description: Different concepts and practices of sacrality seen in a transregional comparison, exemplified by the Caucasus and Southeast Europe, are the main topics of the book at hand. Both regions exhibit a strongly ethno-denominational plurality that has been characterized by a re-sacralization in the post-socialist period. Sacralization is considered by the authors to be a process of ascription and presentation in the context of mobility, where sacred places and spiritual practices in pluri-ethnic societies constitute modern categories and a dynamic meeting space. Pagan or postmodern pilgrimages, Christian and Islamic pilgrimage, the transfer of sacred relics, mobile and urban veneration of saints and the sacralization of landscape through traveling all form ? according to the results of the authors? research ? essential resources for the construction of local and regional identities in Southeast Europe and the Caucasus.
Notes: Cycle of lectures.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

5 English, 4 German contributions.