Sacred Spaces and Political Places: Fostering Regional Identities through Historical and Literary Medieval Pilgrimage I
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Special Session
Organizer Name
Ali Asgar H. Alibhai
Organizer Affiliation
Harvard Univ.
Presider Name
Laura Clark
Presider Affiliation
Baylor Univ.
Paper Title 1
Esoteric Pilgrimage: Ismaili Muslim Hermeneutics of Hajj
Presenter 1 Name
Khalil Andani
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Harvard Univ.
Paper Title 2
Artistotle's Floating Tomb: Understanding Christian Pilgrimage in Muslim Palermo
Presenter 2 Name
Ali Asgar H. Alibhai
Paper Title 3
The Dalâ’il al-Khayrât of Sîdî b. Sulaymân al-Jazûlî (d. 1465): Towards a Mental Pilgrimage
Presenter 3 Name
Hiba Abid
Presenter 3 Affiliation
École Pratique des Hautes Études
Paper Title 4
Christian Influences upon the Sanctification of Safed in Jewish Kabbalist Tradition in the Sixteenth Century
Presenter 4 Name
Yair Paz
Presenter 4 Affiliation
Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem
Start Date
12-5-2016 1:30 PM
Session Location
Fetzer 2030
Description
Among the many factors impelling medieval pilgrimage, these sessions seek to examine those elements which fostered regional identity. The dedication of pilgrims traveling varying distances to experience the divine at sacred destinations was simultaneously enhanced by patrons who promoted traffic to and maintained pilgrimage sites. Saints’ shrines, tombs, and holy relics reinforced cultural and social identities relevant to the geographical and religious characteristics of a given locale and they helped shape and strengthen the prevailing political landscapes. These two panels closely examine Muslim and Christian medieval texts, both literary and historical, which foster regional identity through their promotive character as they call attention to medieval sites of pilgrimage, relics, and/or the history of saints.
Sacred Spaces and Political Places: Fostering Regional Identities through Historical and Literary Medieval Pilgrimage I
Fetzer 2030
Among the many factors impelling medieval pilgrimage, these sessions seek to examine those elements which fostered regional identity. The dedication of pilgrims traveling varying distances to experience the divine at sacred destinations was simultaneously enhanced by patrons who promoted traffic to and maintained pilgrimage sites. Saints’ shrines, tombs, and holy relics reinforced cultural and social identities relevant to the geographical and religious characteristics of a given locale and they helped shape and strengthen the prevailing political landscapes. These two panels closely examine Muslim and Christian medieval texts, both literary and historical, which foster regional identity through their promotive character as they call attention to medieval sites of pilgrimage, relics, and/or the history of saints.