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Religious heritage and sacred sites offer an opportunity for
visitors to explore a community's cultural knowledge. However, it
is important to consider the role of interpretation, meaning,
experience and narrative. This book is a timely re-assessment of
the increasing interconnections between the management of diversity
and religious tourism, and secular spaces on a global stage. It
explores key learning points from a range of contemporary case
studies on religious and pilgrimage activity; these relate to
ancient, sacred and emerging tourist destinations, and new forms of
pilgrimage, faith systems and quasi-religious activities. By
providing a conceptual framework, the book demonstrates the
symbolism of sacred spaces within religious traditions and the
relationships developed between them. It offers explanations on how
to manage and communicate religious diversity and provides a solid
overview of: Religious tourism as a tool for intercultural
dialogue; Interpretation of religious heritage for tourism;
Cross-cultural contacts. This book will provide a valuable resource
for those researching and practising tourism management, pilgrimage
and religious tourism.
This book addresses the history of the senses in relation to
affective piety and its role in devotional practices in the late
Middle Ages, focusing on the sense of touch. It argues that only by
deeply analysing this specific context of perception can the full
significance of sensory religious experience in the Late Middle
Ages be understood. Considering the centrality of the body to
medieval society and Christianity, this collection explores a range
of devotional practices, mainly relating to the Passion of Christ,
and features manuscripts, works of devotional literature, art,
woodcuts and judicial records. It brings together a
multidisciplinary group of scholars to offer a variety of
methodological approaches, in order to understand how touch was
encoded, evoked and purposefully used. The book further considers
how touch was related to the medieval theory of perception,
examining its relation to the inner and outer senses through the
eyes of visionaries, mystics, theologians and confessors, not only
as praxis but from different theoretical points of view. While
considered the most basic of spiritual experience, the chapters in
this book highlight the all-pervasive presence of touch and the
significance of 'affective piety' to Late Medieval Christians.
Chapter 3: Drama, Performance and Touch in the Medieval Convent and
Beyond is Open Access under a CC BY 4.0 license at
link.springer.com
This book addresses the history of the senses in relation to
affective piety and its role in devotional practices in the late
Middle Ages, focusing on the sense of touch. It argues that only by
deeply analysing this specific context of perception can the full
significance of sensory religious experience in the Late Middle
Ages be understood. Considering the centrality of the body to
medieval society and Christianity, this collection explores a range
of devotional practices, mainly relating to the Passion of Christ,
and features manuscripts, works of devotional literature, art,
woodcuts and judicial records. It brings together a
multidisciplinary group of scholars to offer a variety of
methodological approaches, in order to understand how touch was
encoded, evoked and purposefully used. The book further considers
how touch was related to the medieval theory of perception,
examining its relation to the inner and outer senses through the
eyes of visionaries, mystics, theologians and confessors, not only
as praxis but from different theoretical points of view. While
considered the most basic of spiritual experience, the chapters in
this book highlight the all-pervasive presence of touch and the
significance of 'affective piety' to Late Medieval Christians.
Chapter 3: Drama, Performance and Touch in the Medieval Convent and
Beyond is Open Access under a CC BY 4.0 license at
link.springer.com
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