Location
Palermo
Start Date
25-6-2025 4:00 PM
End Date
25-6-2025 5:00 PM
Description
This presentation explores the intricate relationship between religious practices and sacred landscapes, emphasizing how beliefs, rituals, and pilgrimage shape and transform these spaces. It examines the spatial expressions of faith and their impact on cultural landscapes, revealing the dynamic interplay between religion and the physical environment. Sacred spaces, including houses for worship and pilgrimage sites, serve as focal points for worship, contemplation, and communal rituals, linking the spiritual and material worlds.
The study highlights the existential cycle of sacred spaces, comprising five stages: creation, affirmation, preservation, reuse, and destruction. These phases demonstrate the evolving nature of sacred landscapes, reflecting shifts in religious traditions and societal influences. By integrating perspectives from religious geography and sociology, the presentation offers a comprehensive view of how sacred landscapes are formed, sustained, and redefined over time.
Key themes include the role of pilgrimage, ritual practices, and the classification of sacred spaces. Through an analysis of diverse regions, it showcases the mutual influence between religious traditions and their spatial environments. Ultimately, this exploration underscores the significance of sacred landscapes in shaping religious experience, identity, and cultural heritage.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.21427/c8y7-h141
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Keynote 1: Sacred Landscapes and Pilgrimages: The Spatial Manifestation of Religious Beliefs
Palermo
This presentation explores the intricate relationship between religious practices and sacred landscapes, emphasizing how beliefs, rituals, and pilgrimage shape and transform these spaces. It examines the spatial expressions of faith and their impact on cultural landscapes, revealing the dynamic interplay between religion and the physical environment. Sacred spaces, including houses for worship and pilgrimage sites, serve as focal points for worship, contemplation, and communal rituals, linking the spiritual and material worlds.
The study highlights the existential cycle of sacred spaces, comprising five stages: creation, affirmation, preservation, reuse, and destruction. These phases demonstrate the evolving nature of sacred landscapes, reflecting shifts in religious traditions and societal influences. By integrating perspectives from religious geography and sociology, the presentation offers a comprehensive view of how sacred landscapes are formed, sustained, and redefined over time.
Key themes include the role of pilgrimage, ritual practices, and the classification of sacred spaces. Through an analysis of diverse regions, it showcases the mutual influence between religious traditions and their spatial environments. Ultimately, this exploration underscores the significance of sacred landscapes in shaping religious experience, identity, and cultural heritage.