Sacred sites and sacred stories across cultures : transmission of oral tradition, myth, and religiosity / David W. Kim, editor.
Kim, David W. (David William), editor.
2021
BL580 .S23 2021
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Title
Sacred sites and sacred stories across cultures : transmission of oral tradition, myth, and religiosity / David W. Kim, editor.
ISBN
9783030565220 (electronic bk.)
303056522X (electronic bk.)
3030565211
9783030565213
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56522-0
Published
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
Copyright
©2021
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxvii, 392 pages) : illustrations
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-56522-0 doi
Call Number
BL580 .S23 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification
203/.5
Summary
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.
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Includes index.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 12, 2021).
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Kim, David W. (David William), editor.
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