Managing Sacralities: Competing and Converging Claims of Religious Heritage (Explorations in Heritage Studies, 6) - Softcover

Book 5 of 6: Explorations in Heritage Studies
 
9781805397137: Managing Sacralities: Competing and Converging Claims of Religious Heritage (Explorations in Heritage Studies, 6)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1805397133 ISBN 13: 9781805397137
Publisher: Berghahn Books, 2024

Synopsis

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 questions arise in diverse and challenging manners. The question who controls, manages, and frames religious heritage, and how, arises with particular urgency. Case studies from Denmark, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and the United Kingdom present an analysis of the paradoxes and challenges that arise when religious sites are transformed into heritage.

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About the Authors

Ernst van den Hemel is a Postdoctoral research fellow at the Meertens Institute, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.



Oscar Salemink (1958-2023) was a Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.



Irene Stengs is a Professor by special appointment “Anthropology of Ritual and Popular Culture” Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and a Senior Researcher at the Meertens Instituut/ Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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Publisher
Berghahn Books
Publication date
2024
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1805397133
ISBN 13 
9781805397137
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
280
Editor
Hemel Ernst Van Den, Salemink Oscar, Stengs Irene