Bowman, Glenn W. (2013) Popular Palestinian Practices around Holy Places and Those Who Oppose Them: An Historical Introduction. Religion Compass, 7 (3). pp. 69-78. ISSN 1749-8171. E-ISSN 1749-8171. (doi:10.1111/rec3.12034) (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:38305)
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Abstract
A long history of intercommunal relations around local holy places in historic Palestine
(a history which sadly seems to be coming to a close in the current day) draws attention to what
precisely is the character of the attachment felt by local residents to sacred sites. Muslim-
Christian ‘sharing’ of holy places (maqam, plural maqamat) can be seen to express a dependency
on powers perceived of as resident in a site, and the nominal affiliation of these powers to one
religion or another is o?en not a matter of great concern to those ?equenting the shrines. It is,
however, a focal concern of the officiants of the respective religions who lay claim to the sites
and who seek to expunge heterodox practices and traces of ambiguous affiliation (cf. Hayden
2002 and 2011). I here investigate records of local usages of religious sites, largely rural, in
Palestine up through the Mandate Period in order to argue that shared shrines, as opposed to
those which appear to be communally homogeneous, foreground issues of agency obscured in
those sites under the control of religious authorities.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1111/rec3.12034 |
Subjects: |
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion D History General and Old World > DE The Greco-Roman World G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Anthropology and Conservation |
Depositing User: | Glenn Bowman |
Date Deposited: | 16 Feb 2014 09:37 UTC |
Last Modified: | 16 Feb 2021 12:51 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/38305 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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