Managing Sacralities Competing and Converging Claims of Religious Heritage

• Main Author: van den Hemel, Ernst (auth)
• Other Authors: Salemink, Oscar (auth), Stengs, Irene (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Berghahn Books 2022
• Series: Explorations in Heritage Studies
• Subjects: Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; Religion: general; European history; Anthropology; Religion; History; European Studies
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

What happens when religious sites, objects and practices become cultural heritage? What are--religious or secular--sources of expertise and authority that validate and regulate heritage sites, objects and practices? As cultural heritage becomes an increasingly popular and influential frame, these qu...