Resonating Sacralities: Dynamics between Religion and the Arts in Postsecular Netherlands

Lieke Wijnia

Published by De Gruyter 2022

Resonating Sacralities

Dynamics between Religion and the Arts in Postsecular Netherlands

Lieke Wijnia

Volume 80 in the series Religion and Society

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110559255

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In The Netherlands, the arts have gained a sacralized status, while religion is increasingly viewed through the lens of heritage. The dynamic resonance of sacred forms this results in, is exemplary for the postsecular. Exploring this resonance, this book offers a strong counterweight to the popular trope of the arts having replaced religion in secularized societies. Instead it approaches artistic performance, religion, and its heritage as mutually engaging sacred forms.

Lieke Wijnia thoroughly connects theoretical perspectives on the sacred with ethnographic research at the annual festival Musica Sacra Maastricht. She explores the continued relevance of a broad conceptual approach to the sacred, as well as the practical side to negotiating the sacred at the festival. The resulting analyses shed new light on topics like musical performance as generator of the sacred, how art and heritage impact the continuity of religion in secularized societies, and the fragility of artistic performance in the contemporary fragmented framework of the sacred. This book offers an innovative and interdisciplinary interpretation of the continuing significant role of art and religion in postsecular societies.

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Lieke Wijnia, Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
1 Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 The Field: Musica Sacra Maastricht Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
3 Revisiting the Sacred Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
4 Intertwinements of Religion, Culture, and Heritage Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
5 Last of the Mohicans: Discourses of Differentiation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
6 Curse of the Fire Dance: Ritual and Performance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
7 Between Sound and Silence: A Fragile Sacred Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
8 Conclusions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
Appendix A. Annual Festival Themes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	234
Appendix B. Ethnography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	236
Appendix C. Three Groups of Participants Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Appendix D. Fieldwork Concert Attendance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	248
Appendix E. Data processing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	252
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	258
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	270

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars in the study of contemporary religion, christianity and the arts, religious heritage, the postsecular, ethnography
Pages
- Front matter: 11
- Main content: 278
Illustrations
- Tables: 3
Keywords: The sacred; ritual; musical performance; festivals

eBook

Published: January 19, 2022
ISBN: 9783110559255

Hardcover

Published: January 31, 2022
ISBN: 9783110558241