Managing Sacralities Competing and Converging Claims of Religious Heritage

"What happens when religious sites, objects and practices become cultural heritage? What are -religious or secular-sources of expertise and authority that validate and regulate heritage sites, objects and practices? As cultural heritage becomes an increasingly popular and influential frame, the...

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Corporate Author: Dutch National Research Council (NWO), the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, and the Meertens Institute funder (funder)
Other Authors: Hemel, Ernst van den, 1981- editor (editor), Salemink, Oscar, editor, Stengs, Irene, editor
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [New York] : Berghahn Books 2022.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Explorations in heritage studies ; Volume 6.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009711840006719
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Summary:"What happens when religious sites, objects and practices become cultural heritage? What are -religious or secular-sources of expertise and authority that validate and regulate heritage sites, objects and practices? As cultural heritage becomes an increasingly popular and influential frame, these questions arise in diverse and challenging manners. The question who controls, manages, and frames religious heritage, and how, arises with particular urgency. Case studies from Denmark, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and the United Kingdom present an analysis of the paradoxes and challenges that arise when religious sites are transformed into heritage"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 270 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781800736184
9781800738225