Pilgrimage in the Christian Balkan World: The Path to Touch the Sacred and Holy by Dragnea, Dorina
Pilgrimage in the Christian Balkan World: The Path to Touch the Sacred and Holy by Dragnea, Dorina

Pilgrimage in the Christian Balkan World: The Path to Touch the Sacred and Holy

The purpose of this volume is to explore, re-interpret and re-contextualise the various natures of practices performed...
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Author: Dorina Dragnea
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Pilgrimage in the Christian Balkan World: The Path to Touch the Sacred and Holy by Dragnea, Dorina

Pilgrimage in the Christian Balkan World: The Path to Touch the Sacred and Holy

$379.66
Pilgrimage in the Christian Balkan World: The Path to Touch the Sacred and Holy by Dragnea, Dorina

Pilgrimage in the Christian Balkan World: The Path to Touch the Sacred and Holy

$379.66
Author: Dorina Dragnea
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
The purpose of this volume is to explore, re-interpret and re-contextualise the various natures of practices performed by the Orthodox and Catholic pilgrims in Balkan countries in their devotional 'path to touch the sacred and holy' through the prism of pilgrimage contents, and their articulating, using, and handling strategies. Inter- and transdisciplinary perspectives constitute a strong point for exploring the essence of this collective practice of worship, which is theoretically and critically interpreted, and chronologically and diachronically analysed. Therefore, the various visions of the authors, formed on the basis of qualitative and critical analysis of primary (ethnographic and folkloric data from field interviews, archive documents, samples, etc.) and secondary sources, come to fill a gap in research on pilgrimage in southeast Europe, and especially on pilgrimage practices in Eastern Orthodoxy. Particularly, the ritual practices, sacred places in contemporary Balkan societies, religious folklore, divine intervention stories, miracle-working icons, relics and reliquaries as part of the structure of pilgrimage are discussed. The authors explore the context in which the Christian shrines in the Balkans are spaces where the ethnic and denominational patterns in pilgrimage are revealed openly on multiple levels; they delve into how the correlative effects between politics and religion are manifested. In this volume which is the result of a project initiated by the Balkan History Association, the authors focus on theoretical analysis and stressing of the historically and contemporary behaviour performed by the Christian pilgrims, highlighting the fact that the motivations for going to the sacred places can weave and transcend, from the purpose of seeking and obtaining Divine help to leisure, religious/faith tourism, etc.

Author: Dorina Dragnea
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Published: 04/13/2023
Pages: 300
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.73lbs
ISBN: 9782503603087

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