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Sacred spaces in contemporary Western culture are subject to a dynamics in
which the traditional forms of ritual are increasingly marginalised and
new forms emerge. In Western Europe churches are growing empty, whereas
new rituals - for instance those surrounding the victims of violence - are
gaining prominence and are mediatized in a variety of ways. The
destruction of churches, the rise of increasingly multi-religious urban
ritual spaces, the remarkable vitality of places of pilgrimage and war
cemeteries and the growing popularity of lieux de mémoire in general show
the changing landscapes of ritual spaces in modern Western culture.
This
book aims at describing and analyzing the profound changes and
developments that are presently taking place. In the main part of this
volume the broad field of ritual spaces is explored in contributions on
various modern 'sacred places'. The case studies range from traditional
places of religious worship, to the Rothko Chapel in Houston, the Vietnam
Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., and the Berlin Holocaust Memorial;
from the Tor Tre Teste Millenium Church in Rome to the Columbine School
Shooting Memorial in Colorado, the memorials for Pim Fortuyn and Theo van
Gogh and virtual ritual sites. The dynamics of ritual space is further
explored in various in-depth essays on the dynamics of space and ritual,
musealisation and memorial culture.
