Religion, Cults, and Moslem Holy Graves in Galilee
This article presents the phenomenon of holy men worship and the custom of pilgrimage to holy grave sites as popular aspect of the religious experience. It surveys the historical development of the cult and local variations in Islamic societies in general and in Moslem Arabs of Palestine in particul...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Ediciones Universidad Valladolid
2013
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Journal of the sociology and theory of religion
Year: 2013, Volume: 2, Pages: 1-28 |
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| Summary: | This article presents the phenomenon of holy men worship and the custom of pilgrimage to holy grave sites as popular aspect of the religious experience. It surveys the historical development of the cult and local variations in Islamic societies in general and in Moslem Arabs of Palestine in particular, and presents important studies of the subject performed by other scholars and academies. The central part of this article comprises a table showing the location of holy graves in the Galilee that drew mass pilgrimage in the past. The table also provides relevant information such as: description of the given site, known details of the person the given grave is ascribed to, legends connected with the man or the site, and the type of rituals held in the place. It present major sources of the relevant information, and describe the dominant types of rites connected to pilgrimage to holy graves in the Galilee, including detailed descriptions regarding public events that occurred in certain specific sites, and general rituals held by tribal or family groups. The article explains the contradiction of the popular tradition with the religious monotheist perception of Islam, and explains why it was permitted in certain periods and banned or criticised in others. It appears that adoration and worship of holy sites developed among simple, less sophisticated people, especially when they were either oppressed or neglected, who needed a tangible contact with higher powers, and truly believed that the person they paid homage to, will reward them by serving as their advocate and bring their case to Allah. It concludes with the observation of the declining importance of this once flourishing tradition today, and contemplates on the reasons for its contemporary state. |
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| ISSN: | 2255-2715 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of the sociology and theory of religion
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