Naming the Sacred
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Naming the Sacred

Religious Toponymy in History, Theology and Politics. With a foreword by Alon Goshen-Gottstein

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Naming the Sacred

Religious Toponymy in History, Theology and Politics. With a foreword by Alon Goshen-Gottstein

About this book

At what point is a place perceived as holy? And when does it become officially so in its definition? Inspired by the UNESCO debate and decisions made concerning holy places, the authors seek answers to these questions. "Naming the Sacred" is a diachronic excursus into the issues of perception and denomination of holy places. The volume examines historical cases in which names and places have been modified or literally eliminated and others where places were subject to policies of protection and tutelage. The work appertains to an ongoing, evolving global debate where the challenge of the reciprocal recognition of holy sites has become increasingly complex.

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Information

Publisher
V&R Unipress
Year
2019
Print ISBN
9783847109730
eBook ISBN
9783847009733
Edition
1
Topic
Théologie et religion
Subtopic
Religion

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Body
  5. Foreword
  6. Alon Goshen-Gottstein: Context and Key Messages
  7. Preface
  8. Paul Morris: Contesting “Sacred” Places. The Paradoxes of Supersessionism and the Possibilities of Scholarly Responsibility
  9. Cases
  10. Nikolai Lipatov-Chicherin: The Burial of Adam as an Archetypal Case of Sacred Tradition
  11. Rita Lizzi Testa: Christian Empire and Pagan Temples in the Fourth Century CE
  12. Roberto Regoli: Rome and the Questione Romana
  13. Merav Mack: Imagination, Memory and Fantasy
  14. Silvia Ronchey: Destroying the Past. Monotheism, Iconoclasm and the Sacred
  15. Theology
  16. Saverio Campanini: ‏שאלו שלום ירושלם‎ Gershom Scholem from Zion to Jerusalem
  17. Robert O. Smith: Christian Zionism and Jerusalem Holy Places
  18. Law
  19. W. Cole Durham, Jr.: Non-Traditional Sacred Sites. The Need for Protection
  20. Peter Petkoff: Developing and Implementing Innovative Preventative Mechanisms for the Protection of Religious Heritage Sites Through Soft Law Approaches
  21. Mario Ricca: Ubiquitous Sacred Places. The Planetary Interplay of Their Meaning and Legal Protection
  22. Postface
  23. Alberto Melloni: A Chronology of the UNESCO Dispute on Jerusalem and Its Holy Places
  24. Name Index