@article{1433511,
      recid = {1433511},
      author = {Kim, David W.},
      title = {Sacred sites and sacred stories across cultures :  transmission of oral tradition, myth, and religiosity /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xxvii, 392 pages) :},
      note = {Includes index.},
      abstract = {This book offers global perspectives from Mediterranean,  Asian, Australian, and American cultures on sacred sites  and their related stories in regional history. Contemporary  society witnesses many travelers visiting sacred sites  (temples, mountains, castles, churches, houses) throughout  the world. These visits often involve discovery of new  historical facts through the origin stories of the  associated tribe, region, or nation. The transmission of  oral tradition and myth carries on the significant meaning  of those religious sites. This volume unveils multi-angle  perspectives of symbolic and mystical places. The  contributors describe the religio-political experiences of  each regional case, and analyze the religiosity of local  people as a lens through which readers can re-examine the  concept of iconography, syncretism, and materialism. In  addition, contributors interpret the growth of new  religions as the alternative perspectives of  anti-traditional religions. This new approach offers  significant insight into comprehending the practical agony  and sorrow of regional people in the context of  contemporary history.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1433511},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56522-0},
}