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Managing Sacralities : Competing and Converging Claims of Religious Heritage /

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What happens when religious sites, objects and practices become cultural heritage? What are -religious or secular-sources of expertise and authority that validate and regulate heritage sites, objects and practices? As cultural heritage becomes an increasingly popular and influential frame, these que...

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Other Authors: Ahl, Sofie Isager (Contributor), Baraniecka-Olszewska, Kamila (Contributor), Fedele, Anna (Contributor), Grinder-Hansen, Poul (Contributor), Haynes, Clare (Contributor), Hemel, Ernst van den (Contributor, Editor), Jong, Ferdinand de (Contributor), Kjær, Ulla (Contributor), Mapril, José (Contributor), Niedźwiedź, Anna (Contributor), Poulsen, Rasmus Rask (Contributor), Salemink, Oscar (Contributor, Editor), Saraiva, Clara (Contributor), Silva, Maria Cardeira da (Contributor), Stengs, Irene (Contributor, Editor), Wagenaar, Welmoed Fenna (Contributor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2022]
Series:Explorations in Heritage Studies ; 6
Subjects:
Cultural property > Protection > Europe > Religious aspects.
Historic preservation > Social aspects > Europe.
Religion and culture > Europe.
Sacred space > Conservation and restoration > Europe.
Préservation historique > Aspect social > Europe.
Religion et culture > Europe.
Lieux sacrés > Conservation et restauration > Europe.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. Management of Religion, Sacralization of Heritage
  • Part I. The Afterlives of Churches in the UK: Two East Anglian Case Studies
  • Chapter 1. The Redundant Church: Heritage Management of the Religious-Sacred-Secular Nexus
  • Chapter 2. "A Sense of Presence": Th e Signifi cance of Spirituality in an English Heritage Regime
  • Part II. The Management of National Religious Sites in Denmark
  • Chapter 3. Churches as Places of Worship, Cultural Heritage, and National Symbols: Centralism, Autonomy, and the Hybrid Nature of Church-State Relations in Denmark
  • Chapter 4. World-Heritagization, Bureaucratization, and Hybridization in Two Religious Heritage Sites in Denmark
  • Part III. The Religious Cityscape of Kraków, Poland
  • Chapter 5. Challenging or Confi rming the National Sacred? Managing the Power Place at Wawel Hill in Kraków
  • Chapter 6. Playing the Game of Truth: Th e National Heritage Regime in Poland and Contemporary Paganism
  • Part IV. Portuguese Heritages and Lusotropicalism
  • Chapter 7. Curating Culture and Religion: Lusotropicalism and the Management of Heritage in Portugal
  • Chapter 8. Between Catholic Nationalism and Inter-religious Cosmopolitanism: Religious Heritage in Fátima and Mouraria, Portugal
  • Part V. Performances, Rituals, and Religious Heritage in the Netherlands
  • Chapter 9. To Applaud or Not to Applaud? Bach's Saint Matthew Passion and Management of Sacrality in the Netherlands
  • Chapter 10. Moral Management and Secularized Religious Heritage in the Netherlands: The Case of the Utrecht Saint Martin Celebrations
  • Afterword. Heritage as Management of Sacralities
  • Index