Sharing Sacred Spaces in the Mediterranean: Christians, Muslims, and Jews at Shrines and Sanctuaries
(Part of the New Anthropologies of Europe Series)
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While 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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0253223172
ISBN13:9780253223173
Release Date:February 2012
Publisher:Indiana University Press
Length:290 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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