03437nam a22006015i 4500 978-981-99-6214-3 DE-He213 20251030111439.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240222s2024 si | s |||| 0|eng d 9789819962143 978-981-99-6214-3 10.1007/978-981-99-6214-3 doi GF RGC bicssc SOC015000 bisacsh RGC thema Kakalis, Christos. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 71587 Place Experience of the Sacred [electronic resource] : Silence and the Pilgrimage Topography of Mount Athos / by Christos Kakalis. 1st ed. 2024. Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XV, 182 p. 24 illus. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Chapter 1: Exploring the Sacred -- Chapter 2: Mountain, Cave and Hermitage -- Chapter 3: Footpaths -- Chapter 4: Monastery and the Cell -- Chapter 5: The Main Church: Silent Presences and Communal Rituals -- Chapter 6: Silence and Ritual of Communal Meals -- Chapter 7: The Cemetery and the Grave -- Chapter 8: Athonite Embodied Topography. This book explores the topography of Mount Athos, emphasizing the significance of silence and communal ritual in its understanding. Mount Athos, a mountainous peninsula in northern Greece, is a valuable case study of sacred topography, as it is one of the world’s largest monastic communities and an important pilgrimage destination. Its phenomenological examination highlights the importance of embodiment in the experience of religious places. Combining interdisciplinary insights from architectural theory, philosophy, theology and anthropology with archival and ethnographic materials, the book brings a fresh contribution to both Athonite studies and scholarship on sacred space. By focusing on the interrelation between silence and communal ritual, it offers an alternative to the traditional art historical, objectifying approaches. It reintroduces the phenomenological understanding of place, investigating also how this is expressed through a number of narratives, such as travel literature, maps and diaries. Human geography. 58506 Architecture. 66049 Religion. 71588 Phenomenology . 62362 Culture Study and teaching. 66082 Cultural property. Archaeology. Human Geography. 58506 Architecture. 66049 Religion. 71588 Phenomenology. 62362 Cultural Studies. 58745 Archaeology and Heritage. 71132 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9789819962136 Printed edition: 9789819962150 Printed edition: 9789819962167 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6214-3 ZDB-2-SLS ZDB-2-SXS 57817 57817