Geographies of Religious Spaces and Sacred Landscapes

Edited by Darius Liutikas, Senior Scientific Researcher, Institute of Sociology, Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, Vilnius, Lithuania

• Contents1 Religious geography and sacred landscape: an introduction to the research area 1Darius LiutikasPART I CREATION, AFFIRMATION AND PRESERVATION2 Utilisation of religious spaces: rituals, practices and community engagement 22Ruth Dowson3 The influence of sanctuaries on the creation of sacral landscape as exemplified by Catholic pilgrimage centres 36Izabela Sołjan4 New features and functions of European calvaries 49Elżbieta Bilska-Wodecka5 Temples and the contested development of sacred landscapes: the case of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 65Daniel H. Olsen, Samuel M. Otterstrom and Brandon S. Plewe6 Understanding the cosmology of Meru cult architecture in Bali, Indonesia 82I Putu Gede Suyoga and Mira Sartika7 Chapel Road: the dichotomy of motorways and sanctuary in Germany 93Marcus van der Meulen8 The development of the sacred place: Virgin Mary’s House in Ephesus 106İrem Enser 9 The Hermitage of Silence at the Popocatépetl volcano in Mexico: an altar for the centuries 117 R�a�f�a�e�l� �R�a�m�ír�e�z� �E�u�d�a�v�e� �10 Hindu sacred landscapes: evolution, perspectives, contemporality, and prospects 130 R�a�n�a� �P�.� �B�.� �S�i�n�g�h� �a�n�d� �P�r�a�v�i�n� �S�.� �R�a�n�a� �11 The use of ritual and space in synagogues within representations of modern English Jewish heritage 148 J�e�s�s�i�e� �C�l�a�r�k� �PART II TRANSFORMATION AND RE-USE 12 The sacred space in the City of Syracuse: from the Temple of Apollo to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Tears 163 A�g�n�e�s�e� �G�i�a�n�n�i�n�i� �13 Church reuse as a strategy toward sustainable development of religious heritage 175 M�a�r�i�a� �A�r�n�o� �14 Landscapes of transformation in sacred and religious structures: Germany 191 M�a�n�u�e�l�a� �K�l�a�u�s�e�r�,� �K�e�r�s�t�i�n� �M�e�n�z�e�l�,� �S�u�s�a�n�n�e� �H�a�n�i�k�a�,� �M�a�r�t�i�n�a� �S�c�h�m�i�t�z� �a�n�d� �A�l�b�e�r�t� �G�e�r�h�a�r�d�s� �15 Religious-cultural landscape and land use conflicts: the case of Meteora (Greece) 206 P�o�l�y�x�e�n�i� �M�o�i�r�a�,� �P�a�r�a�s�k�e�v�i� �K�a�k�a�r�o�u�c�h�a� �a�n�d� �D�i�m�i�t�r�i�o�s� �M�y�l�o�n�o�p�o�u�l�o�s� �16 Amokokupai and the Alleluia Penumbra: a spiritual geography of an Indigenous Christian landscape 223 D�a�n�i�e�l� �G�.� �C�o�o�p�e�r� �a�n�d� �D�i�n�o� �B�o�z�o�n�e�l�o�s� �17 Sacred and profane spaces in a Mayan landscape: Mérida and its surrounding towns in times of sustainability 238 R�a�úl� �E�n�r�i�q�u�e� �R�i�v�e�r�o� �C�a�n�t�o� �

‘Geographies of Religious Spaces and Sacred Landscapes is an eclectic volume, with chapters from authors in the fields of human geography, architecture, heritage and tourism studies, theology, sociology, art history, and political science. [...] The result is enjoyable to read, a brisk tour of the diverse places that attract people who expect to find sacredness there.’