Pilgrimage, Politics and Place-Making in Eastern Europe Crossing the Borders [Hardcover]

Since the beginning of the anthropology of pilgrimage, scant attention has been paid to pilgrimage and pilgrim places in central, eastern and south-eastern Europe. Seeking to address such a deficit, this book brings together scholars from central, eastern and south-eastern Europe to explore the crossing of borders in terms of the relationship between pilgrimage and politics, and the role which this plays in the process of both sacred and secular place-making. With contributions from a range of established and new academics, including anthropologists, historians and ethnologists, Pilgrimage, Politics and Place-Making in Eastern Europe presents a fascinating collection of case studies and discussions of religious, political and secular pilgrimage across the region.

Introduction: crossing the borders, John Eade and Mario Kati; Part I Creating New and ReclaimingOld Religious Homes: From the chapel on the hill to national shrine: creating a pilgrimage home for Bosnian Croats, Mario Kati; Pilgrimages to G?k?eada (Imvros), a Graeco-Turkish contested place: religious tourism or a way to reclaim the homeland?, Giorgos Tsimouris. Part II Inter-Religious Dialogue and Intra-Religious Competition: Pilgrimage site beyond politics: experience of the sacred and inter-religious dialogue in Bosnia, Marijana Belaj and Zvonko Marti; Competing sacred places: making and remaking of national shrines in contemporary Poland, Anna Niedzwiedz. Part III Reconstructing Religious and Secular Space: From religious to secular and back again: Christian pilgrimage space in Albania, Konstantinos Giakoumis; Sterilization and re-sacralization of the places of secular pilgrimage: moving monuments, meanings and crowds in Estonia, Polina Taerkassova; Secular journeys, sacred places: pilgrimage and home-making in the Himar?/Himara area ofl$