Mountains as sacred spaces
Sacred mountains are well known from all over the world, especially as places for pilgrimage. Classical phenomenology of religion used to present them as places of a hierophany and/or as spaces for a numinous experience. Although both these concepts – ’hierophany’ and ’numinous experience’ – have be...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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Taylor and Francis Group
2020
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Culture and religion
Anno: 2020, Volume: 21, Fascicolo: 1, Pagine: 18-30 |
| (sequenze di) soggetti normati: | B
Montagna sacra
/ Pellegrinaggio
/ Esperienza religiosa
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| Notazioni IxTheo: | AF Geografia delle religioni AG Vita religiosa AZ Nuove religioni |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Numinous
B sacred mountains B Pilgrimage B Hierophany B extreme sports |
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| Riepilogo: | Sacred mountains are well known from all over the world, especially as places for pilgrimage. Classical phenomenology of religion used to present them as places of a hierophany and/or as spaces for a numinous experience. Although both these concepts – ’hierophany’ and ’numinous experience’ – have been the target of severe criticism in Religious Studies, it may be rewarding to redefine them as purely descriptive categories and discuss the applicability to various kinds of mountain-experiences: from religious pilgrimage in Late Antiquity as, for instance, climbing Mount Sinai, to extreme-sports in modern times as, for instance, free-soloing in the Yosemite National Park. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-5629 |
| Comprende: | Enthalten in: Culture and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14755610.2020.1858545 |