03975nam 2200685 450 991081076650332120230817140742.00-253-01690-8(CKB)3710000000324207(EBL)1910142(OCoLC)899158352(SSID)ssj0001402943(PQKBManifestationID)11890746(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001402943(PQKBWorkID)11361549(PQKB)10594698(MiAaPQ)EBC1910142(MdBmJHUP)muse43599(Au-PeEL)EBL1910142(CaPaEBR)ebr11007052(EXLCZ)99371000000032420720150130h20122012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSharing sacred spaces in the Mediterranean Christians, Muslims, and Jews at shrines and sanctuaries /edited by Dionigi Albera and Maria CouroucliBloomington, Indiana :Indiana University Press,2012.©20121 online resource (291 p.)New Anthropologies of EuropeDescription based upon print version of record.0-253-35633-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Introduction: Sharing Sacred Places-A Mediterranean Tradition; 1 Identification and Identity Formations around Shared Shrines in West Bank Palestine and Western Macedonia; 2 The Vakëf: Sharing Religious Space in Albania; 3 Komšiluk and Taking Care of the Neighbor's Shrine in Bosnia-Herzegovina; 4 The Mount of the Cross: Sharing and Contesting Barriers on a Balkan Pilgrimage Site; 5 Muslim Devotional Practices in Christian Shrines: The Case of Istanbul; 6 Saint George the Anatolian: Master of Frontiers; 7 A Jewish-Muslim Shrine in North Morocco: Echoes of an Ambiguous Past8 What Do Egypt's Copts and Muslims Share? The Issue of Shrines9 Apparitions of the Virgin in Egypt: Improving Relations between Copts and Muslims?; 10 Sharing the Baraka of the Saints: Pluridenominational Visits to the Christian Monasteries in Syria; Conclusion: Crossing the Frontiers between the Monotheistic Religions, an Anthropological Approach; References; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; ZWhile devotional practices are usually viewed as mechanisms for reinforcing religious boundaries, in the multicultural, multiconfessional world of the Eastern Mediterranean, shared shrines sustain intercommunal and interreligious contact among groups. Heterodox, marginal, and largely ignored by central authorities, these practices persist despite aggressive, homogenizing nationalist movements. This volume challenges much of the received wisdom concerning the three major monotheistic religions and the ""clash of civilizations."" Contributors examine intertwined religious traditions along the shNew anthropologies of Europe.Holy placesMediterranean RegionlatNLIPreferredLanguageHeadingReligious pluralismMediterranean RegionlatNLIPreferredLanguageHeadingChristianityMediterranean RegionlatNLIPreferredLanguageHeadingJudaismMediterranean RegionlatNLIPreferredLanguageHeadingIslamMediterranean RegionlatNLIPreferredLanguageHeadingMediterranean RegionReligionlatNLIPreferredLanguageHeadingHoly placesReligious pluralismChristianityJudaismIslam201/.5091822Albera DionigiCouroucli MariaMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810766503321Sharing sacred spaces in the Mediterranean3958077UNINA