Christian Hajjis-the Other Orthodox Pilgrims to Jerusalem
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4208035 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Valentina Izmirlieva (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 322-346 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Slavic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-6779 • E-ISSN: 2325-7784 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5612/slavicreview.73.2.322 |
| OpenAlex | W2333290091 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 26 |
In this article, I identify the Christian "hajj" to Jerusalem as an important Ottoman sociocultural phenomenon. I argue that by the nineteenth century the Balkan Eastern Orthodox communities in the Ottoman empire had restructured and reinterpreted their Holy Land pilgrimages to mirror the Muslim hajj to Mecca. As a result, the ritual trip to Jerusalem was transformed into a mechanism for upward social mobility and communal empowerment. By exploring the structural and functional similarities between the Muslim and the Christian hajj, this article contributes to studies of Muslim-Christian interactions outside "the clash of civilizations" paradigm. It also reveals striking distinctions between the Balkan Christian hajjis and the Russian palomniki, calling into question the influential scholarly assumption of Eastern Orthodox practices' homogeneity, an assumption that stands largely uncontested in the field of Slavic studies
Ancient history · Archaeology · Blessing · Epistemology · Hajj · Islam · Ottoman empire · Phenomenon · Political science · Politics · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies · Religious Tourism and Spaces · Religious Studies
Christianity and Islam under the sultans.
Christians and Jews in the Ottoman empire
Silencing the Past
Before the Nation
Between Saint James and Erasmus
Coptic Christianity in Ottoman Egypt
The Hajj
Christians and Christianity in the Holy Land
Langage et pouvoir symbolique
Aspects of Baraka (Blessings) and Ritual Devotion Among Medieval Muslims and Jews1
Sharing Sacred Spaces in the Mediterranean
With the Russian Pilgrims to Jerusalem
A New Kind of Pilgrimage
Muslim Travellers
Shrines and Talismans
Gifting Mecca
Deciphering the Signs of God
Muslim Travelers
The Blessings of Pilgrimage
| Citations per year | 0.8 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |