Sharing the Sacra: The Politics and Pragmatics of Intercommunal Relations Around Holy Places

197 Pages·2012·4.036 MB·English

by  Glenn Bowman (editor)

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Sharing the sacra : the politics and pragmatics of intercommunal relations around
holy places / edited by Glenn Bowman.
p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-85745-486-7 (hardback : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-78238-744-2
(paperback : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-0-85745-487-4 (ebook)
1. Religions--Relations. 2. Sacred spaces. 3. Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
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My thanks to Elizabeth Cowie for her generous support
and intellectual engagement
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List of Figures and Tables ix
Introduction: Sharing the Sacra 1
Glenn Bowman
1. Combining Practices and Beliefs: Muslim Pilgrims at Marian Shrines 10
Dionigi Albera
2. Everybody’s Baba: Making Space for the Other 25
Anna Bigelow
3. Chthonian Spirits and Shared Shrines: T e Dynamics of Place among
Christians and Muslims in Anatolia 44
Maria Couroucli
4. T e Work of Mending: How Pharping People Manage an Exclusivist
Response to the Procession of Vajrayoginī 61
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9. New Ancestral Shrines after the Cold War 156
Heonik Kwon
Notes on Contributors 170
Index 173
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IST OF IGURES AND ABLES
Figures
2.1. Sikh visitors to the Sufi saint’s tomb 31
3.1. On the path leading to the Monastery of St. George Koudounas:
pilgrims build miniature hearths, wishing for happiness in marriage 50
3.2. Votive constructions (representing houses) outside the Monastery
of St. George Koudounas 51
3.3. On the path leading to the Monastery of St. George Koudounas:
tree with pieces of white cloth and strings attached by pilgrims 55
4.1. Prostrating Mahārjan, ringed by family and supporters, leading
the jātrā 74
4.2. Structure of the Vajrayoginī procession in 2005 and 2006 75
7.1. Ghriba Lamp 129
7.2. Aroussa Procession 130
7.3. Auction and Israeli choir in the Oukala with Tunisian fl ags and
portraits of Ben Ali in 2007 131
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