Sacred places have long exercised a special fascination. Sacred places are not static entities but reveal a historical dynamic. They are the result of cultural developments and have varied multidimensional levels of significance. They are places where time is, as it were, suspended, and they are points where holy times and holy places meet. Sacred places are places apart. It is this specificity in the context of the Christian religions of the West that the controbutors to Loci Sacri wishes to unveil by bringing together specialists from various disciplines, countries, and Christian denominations. One of the questions is why some sites have for centuries proven to be so popular while others have not. Another topic is the way in which extraordinary natural sites have been designated as sacred and given new meaning, primarily by means of architecture. Loci Sacri also explores the 'eternal' character of this sacred status.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Leuven University Press
ISBN-13
9789058678423
eBay Product ID (ePID)
103980854
Product Key Features
Book Title
Loci Sacri: Understanding Sacred Places
Author
Herman De De Dijn, Jan De Maeyer, Bert Verschaffel, Thomas Coomans, Rajesh Heynickx
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Christianity
Publication Year
2012
Number of Pages
282 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
238mm
Item Width
168mm
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Kadoc Studies on Religion, Culture and Society
Editor
Jan De Maeyer, Thomas Coomans, Bert Verschaffel, Herman De De Dijn, Rajesh Heynickx