Sacred spaces and contested identities : space and ritual dynamics in Europe and Africa / edited by Paul Post, Philip Nel & Walter van Beek.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Post, Paul, 1953- editor of compilation, author.

Nel, Philip, editor of compilation, author.

Beek, W. E. A. van, editor of compilation, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sacred space--Social aspects--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Sacred space.

Sacred space--Social aspects--Netherlands.

Rites and ceremonies--Social aspects--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Rites and ceremonies.

Rites and ceremonies--Social aspects--Netherlands.

Group identity--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Group identity.

Group identity--Netherlands.

Rites and ceremonies--Social aspects.

Social aspects.

Netherlands.

Sub-Saharan Africa.

Physical Description:

xi, 393 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, 2014.

Contents:

Introduction: dynamics of construction of the sacred / Paul Post, Walter van Beek & Philip Nel

Addendum: site descriptions of the sacred sites of Eastern Free State / Stephanie Cawood & John Moephuli

Part I:Sacred space and the demarcation of identities

Identity and sacred places / Walter van Beek

Shrines and sacred places in two traditional West-African religions / Walter van Beek

Sacred space and the ritual of the anthill: southern African reflections / Mogomme Masoga & Philip Nel

Sacred sites and spiritual power. One angel, two sites, many spirits / Cas Wepener & Gerrie Ter Haar

Finding a place for religion: the contested position of traditional Dutch religion in a Dutch suburb / Inez Schippers

The making of Eastern Free State pilgrimage / Shirley du Plooy

Part II: Sacred space and contested ownership

Ownership of the sacred: complex claims and appropriations / Philip Nel

"The broken man". The Harmelen railway disaster memorial: an example of a "postponed" and contested memorial / Laurie M.C. Faro

Economic versus symbolic ownership of sacred sites in the Eastern Free State: contestations of the sacred / Philip Nel

Distance and proximity. Abbeys as contested sites / Louis van Tongeren

The rhetoric of ritual: sacred sites and the oral tradition in the Mohakare Valley / Stephanie Cawood

Hagiography in the contestation of shared space and the cult of Sari Saltik / Robert Logan Sparks

Part III: Contested boundaries of the sacred

Complexity and conflict. The contemporary European church building as ambiguous sacred space / Paul Post

Constructing "national" sacred space(s)

notes, queries and positions: the case of the South African Freedom Park monument / Mogomme A. Masoga

African spirituality and space / Philip Nel

Pop and rock festivals as sacred sites. Behavioral and spatial approaches of festival

place

religion / Heleen Kommers & Martin Hoondert

"The streets of Gouda are our Jerusalem!" a popular passion performed in the market square of a Dutch city / Martin Hoondert & Mirella Klomp

Sacred space, deity's face. "Sattvicification" as a strategy to set up and maintain the Shree Raam Mandir in Wijchen as a sacred site / Albertina Nugteren

From site to site: the digital monument to the Jewish community in the Netherlands / Cecile Post.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781592219544

1592219543

9781592219551

1592219551

OCLC:

856879267