Christian Religioscapes in the Levant
The Question of Geo-Religious Materiality of a Minority in Decline
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5116731 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Georgios E Trantas (0000-0002-9134-9544, VID Specialized University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 1199 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel13121199 |
| OpenAlex | W4311959959 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
The Levant has diachronically been a highly contested region in terms of rights and entitlement, and, ultimately, in terms of sovereignty over territory. This is not a new phenomenon, particularly in a region that is laden with history. Religion has been, and still is, central in the demarcation and distinction of territorial custodianship, administration, and ownership, as it codetermines the terms and limits of boundaries by way of materiality in the public sphere. Antitheses and frictions are frequent over disputed territories and spatialities, where religioscapes overlap or intersect in a non-harmonious fashion. Especially at times of political unrest, religion, as a value system, as cultural heritage and as a collective identifier of self-perception, has a central role in the signification of (pre)dominance over territory. This holds true particularly for the Christian minorities in the Levant, with immediate consequences on their religious sites and their overall religiocultural heritage. In this light, I argue that this issue deserves extensive further study, to better understand and explain the complex georeligious landscape in the region, and specifically the place of Christianity therein by way of its materiality, given that the latter is mutatis mutandis under threat
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Christianity · Epistemology · Geography · Phenomenon · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Sovereignty · Universalism · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society · Philosophy
Historicizing "Tradition" in the Study of Religion
Cultural Heritage and Human Rights
The Role of Religion in Establishing Social Cohesion
The securitisation of cultural heritage
Symbolic dimensions of EU legitimization
Intersecting Religioscapes
Minorities in the Middle East
Permanent Immigration
A definition of cultural heritage
Between Memory and History
Globalization and the Religious Production of Space
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |