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

Lieke Wijnia

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Resonating Sacralities

Dynamics between Religion and the Arts in Postsecular Netherlands

Lieke Wijnia

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2022

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Volume 80 | Religion and Society

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

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eBook published on:

January 19, 2022

eBook ISBN:

9783110559255

Hardcover published on:

January 31, 2022

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110558241

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Front matter:

11

Main content:

278

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3

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110559255

eBook ISBN: 9783110559255

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110558241

Keywords for this book

The sacred; ritual; musical performance; festivals

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Scholars in the study of contemporary religion, christianity and the arts, religious heritage, the postsecular, ethnography

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