Cross Mountain and Apparition Hill: Symbols of the Sacred, (Inter)Nationalism, and Individual Suffering at Mary’s Medjugorje

This article examines and interprets the phenomenon of Medjugorje as a new religious phenomenon. The name of this Bosnian-Herzegovinian village not only refers to a long series of Marian apparitions, but it is also used as a metaphor for the religious and political developments that occur in relatio...

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Main Author: Margry, Peter Jan 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Californiarnia Press [2021]
In: Nova religio
Year: 2021, Volume: 24, Issue: 3, Pages: 36-67
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Medjugorje / Pilgrimage / Catholicism / Religious movement
IxTheo Classification:AF Geography of religion
CB Christian life; spirituality
KDB Roman Catholic Church
NBJ Mariology
Further subjects:B Senses
B Nationalism
B Medjugorje
B Emotions
B Secular
B Vatican, Bosnia-Herzegovina
B Apparitions
B Miracles
B Contestation
B Sacred
B Suffering
B Devotion
B Virgin Mary
B Visionaries
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