Money and Chandeliers
Mass Circuits of Pilgrimage to Coptic Egypt
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8203378 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Angie Heo (Max Planck Society, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 516-528 |
| Publication date | 2013-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Academy of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7189 • E-ISSN: 1477-4585 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jaarel/lft018 |
| OpenAlex | W1975214640 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
In this review essay, I make the case that the mass medium of cinema introduces novel practices of holy pilgrimage which turn upon faculties of perception and place-making. In his reproduction of the shrine and relics of St. Marina the Martyr in old Cairo, film director Magued Tawfik creates the conditions of bodily movement and communion for Coptic Christians in Egypt and abroad. Thus, the viewers of his film participate in circuits of saintly obligation which render them up to radically divine possibilities for change.
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Literature · Martyr · Movie theater · Obligation · Pilgrimage · Political science · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Middle East Politics and Society · Religious Tourism and Spaces
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |