Full Description
This book explores the enduring significance of sacred landscapes in an increasingly globalized world, with a particular focus on the Christian sacred landscape and its connection to pilgrimage and rituals. Drawing on the latest research, it examines the interplay between global societal changes and historical traditions, offering a rich analysis of how sacred spaces shape and reflect cultural and social identities.
Through a multidisciplinary lens encompassing cultural geography, anthropology, sociology of tourism, and religious geography, the book illuminates the role of pilgrimage in fostering community identity and preserving historical continuity. By comparing sacred sites and practices across diverse cultural contexts, it provides readers with a deeper understanding of their universal and localized meanings.
This work also offers a comprehensive historical perspective, tracing the evolution of sacred landscapes over time and across regions. Accessible and thought-provoking, it invites readers from various disciplines to engage with the cultural, social, and spiritual dimensions of these powerful spaces.
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction to Sacred Landscape, Pilgrimage and Ritual Practices (Darius Liutikas).- Chapter 2. Sacred Landscape and Sacred Buildings in Christianity (Darius Liutikas).- Chapter 3. The evolution of sacred and profane spaces within the built environment (Ruth Dowson).- Chapter 4. Sacred Landscape and transformations. Exploring cultural heritage in Italian cemeteries amidst contemporary tourism influences (Antonietta Ivona).- Chapter 5. Walking in the city within a religious context on the example of the Roman Catholic Church (Elżbieta Bilska-Wodecka).- Chapter 6. Understanding contemporary religious tourism through the lens of the experience economy approach (Justyna Liro).- Chapter 7. Strategic projects for reusing of abandoned religious heritage and their landscapes in Germany and Italy (Mariateresa Giammetti).- Chapter 8. "New" shrines in the pilgrimage space of Poland: Are they really "new" and are they really "shrines"? (Franciszek Mróz).- Chapter 9. Transformation of Sacred landscape through Rituals and Community Engagement: Case study of Velangkanni (A. Vinodan).- Chapter 10. Exploring the creation, use, and transformation of the West Hill Cemetery, Winchester, UK (Christina Welch).- Chapter 11. Pilgrimage promotes interreligious understanding: On the Swiss research project "Religion - Culture - Tourism" (Christian Cebulj).- Chapter 12. Spiritual Tourism at Monastery Gardens. Representing and Communicating Monastery Gardens in Tourist Material (Harald Schwillus).- Chapter 13. Transcending the pain: the impact of new pilgrimage practices on the Camino de Santiago Landscapes (Inês Gusman).- Chapter 14. Csíksomlyó in Romania: one of the most important Catholic Pilgrimage in Central and Eastern Europe (Mara Popescu).- Chapter 15. Memories, Traditions, and Sacred Landscape: Pilgrimage and Religious Identity at Maha Shivaratri, Mauritius (Perunjodi Naidoo).
