Introduction: dynamics of construction of the sacred / Paul Post, Walter van Beek & Philip Nel
Addendum: site descriptions of the sacred sites of Eastern Free State / Stephanie Cawood & John Moephuli
Part I:Sacred space and the demarcation of identities
Identity and sacred places / Walter van Beek
Shrines and sacred places in two traditional West-African religions / Walter van Beek
Sacred space and the ritual of the anthill: southern African reflections / Mogomme Masoga & Philip Nel
Sacred sites and spiritual power. One angel, two sites, many spirits / Cas Wepener & Gerrie Ter Haar
Finding a place for religion: the contested position of traditional Dutch religion in a Dutch suburb / Inez Schippers
The making of Eastern Free State pilgrimage / Shirley du Plooy
Part II: Sacred space and contested ownership
Ownership of the sacred: complex claims and appropriations / Philip Nel
"The broken man". The Harmelen railway disaster memorial: an example of a "postponed" and contested memorial / Laurie M.C. Faro
Economic versus symbolic ownership of sacred sites in the Eastern Free State: contestations of the sacred / Philip Nel
Distance and proximity. Abbeys as contested sites / Louis van Tongeren
The rhetoric of ritual: sacred sites and the oral tradition in the Mohakare Valley / Stephanie Cawood
Hagiography in the contestation of shared space and the cult of Sari Saltik / Robert Logan Sparks
Part III: Contested boundaries of the sacred
Complexity and conflict. The contemporary European church building as ambiguous sacred space / Paul Post
Constructing "national" sacred space(s) - notes, queries and positions: the case of the South African Freedom Park monument / Mogomme A. Masoga
African spirituality and space / Philip Nel
Pop and rock festivals as sacred sites. Behavioral and spatial approaches of festival - place - religion / Heleen Kommers & Martin Hoondert
"The streets of Gouda are our Jerusalem!" a popular passion performed in the market square of a Dutch city / Martin Hoondert & Mirella Klomp
Sacred space, deity's face. "Sattvicification" as a strategy to set up and maintain the Shree Raam Mandir in Wijchen as a sacred site / Albertina Nugteren
From site to site: the digital monument to the Jewish community in the Netherlands / Cecile Post.
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Sacred spaces and contested identities : space and ritual dynamics in Europe and Africa. ISBN 9781592219551. Published by Africa World Press in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
