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Mount Sacred [electronic book] : a brief global history of Holy Mountains since 1500 / Jon Mathieu.

By: Mathieu, Jon [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Huntingdon : The White Horse Press, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Description: online resource (168 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781912186716 (paperback); 9781912186723 (e-Book).Subject(s): Mountains -- Religious aspects | Mountains -- Religious aspects -- ChristianityDDC classification: 203.5 Online resources: e-Book
Contents:
How does a sacred mountain come into being -- A world between faith and knowledge -- Mount Kailash - model mountain of holiness -- Tai Shan- the Imperial Eastern Mountain -- Paektusan - sacred mountain of the revolution -- Rise of the Christian crosses -- The Redeemer in the Italian mountains -- Six Grandfathers and other American mountains -- Volcanoes on the East African Rift Valley -- An Inselberg in the Australian desert -- What futures for sacred mountains.
Summary: Mount Kailash in Asia, the Black Hills in North America, Uluru in Australia: around the globe there are numerous mountains that have been and continue to be attributed sacredness. Worship of these mountains involves prayer, meditation and pilgrimage. Christianity, which for a long time showed little interest in nature, provides a foil to these practices and was one factor in the tensions that arose in the age of colonialism. Decolonisation and the 'ecological turn' changed the religious power of interpretation and gave discourses about sacred mountains new meaning. Globally, however, they remain an outstanding example of cultural diversity, also touching on issues of gender justice and environmental protection. A translation from the original German.
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Mount Kailash in Asia, the Black Hills in North America, Uluru in Australia: around the globe, numerous mountains have been and continue to be attributed sacredness. Worship of these mountains involves prayer, meditation and pilgrimage. Christianity, which long showed little interest in nature, provides a foil to these practices and was one factor in the tensions that arose in the age of colonialism. Decolonisation and the 'ecological turn' changed the religious power of interpretation and imparted new meaning to discourses about sacred mountains. This succinct and erudite study demonstrates how, globally, these mountains remain outstanding examples of cultural diversity and convergence points of issues such as gender justice and environmental protection.


How does a sacred mountain come into being -- A world between faith and knowledge -- Mount Kailash - model mountain of holiness -- Tai Shan- the Imperial Eastern Mountain -- Paektusan - sacred mountain of the revolution -- Rise of the Christian crosses -- The Redeemer in the Italian mountains -- Six Grandfathers and other American mountains -- Volcanoes on the East African Rift Valley -- An Inselberg in the Australian desert -- What futures for sacred mountains.

Mount Kailash in Asia, the Black Hills in North America, Uluru in Australia: around the globe there are numerous mountains that have been and continue to be attributed sacredness. Worship of these mountains involves prayer, meditation and pilgrimage. Christianity, which for a long time showed little interest in nature, provides a foil to these practices and was one factor in the tensions that arose in the age of colonialism. Decolonisation and the 'ecological turn' changed the religious power of interpretation and gave discourses about sacred mountains new meaning. Globally, however, they remain an outstanding example of cultural diversity, also touching on issues of gender justice and environmental protection. A translation from the original German.

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