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stoekl, « call for papers: Converting sacred space : 10-12 oct 2012 », Lieux de culte M.M.S.H., ID : 10670/1.olalwa
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Conference on Converting Sacred Space Call for papers Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l’Home, Aix-en-Provence, FRANCE 10-11 oct 2012 Reality of human life – still – requires religions to be anchored in space. According to a famous dictum of Mircea Eliade, such sacred space has to be revealed. Such a concept presumes, however, an ideal world, an absolute beginning, empty space, and a virgin soil. Most religions come into being in a world whose sacred geography is already established. Mo...