What Are Religious Hotspots?: An Introduction
This introductory article outlines the meanings behind and the reasons for suggesting “religious hotspots” as a new analytical concept in the study of religion. The idea of suggesting this concept is not to replace others – for instance, a pilgrimage site, a religious place, a supernatural place, or...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2023
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Jahr: 2023, Band: 70, Heft: 1, Seiten: 1-16 |
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Hotspot
/ Religionsgeografie
/ Stätte
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| IxTheo Notationen: | AA Religionswissenschaft AF Religionsgeographie |
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Space
B Spatiality B Pilgrimage B religious hotspot B Place |
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| Zusammenfassung: | This introductory article outlines the meanings behind and the reasons for suggesting “religious hotspots” as a new analytical concept in the study of religion. The idea of suggesting this concept is not to replace others – for instance, a pilgrimage site, a religious place, a supernatural place, or a storied place – but to broaden the perspective and to emphasize the dynamic, multidimensional, and relational aspects of place, not least concerning how a religious place can be a hotspot for some and a cold one for others, but also how a place can change from being a hotspot to a cold spot and vice versa. Being a heated place, a religious hotspot can also have an unintended effect on people being there. They can either become “infected” by or “cured” of a feeling of religious or spiritual belonging. The concept is a contribution to the growing interest in space and place when analyzing religion, in recognition of how a landscape or a particular religiously legitimized site can be an important element in collective cultural, social, and political meaning-making. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5276 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685276-12341673 |