NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion - Volume 76, Issue 4, 2022

Samenvatting De laatantieke paus Gregorius de Grote speelt een belangrijke rol in het discours over de beeldvorming rondom Maria Magdalena in de traditie van het (Westerse) Christendom. In veel, zowel wetenschappelijke als populair-wetenschappelijke, publicaties wordt gesteld dat Gregorius per decreet haar identiteit, met name als op seksueel vlak zondige vrouw, zou hebben vastgelegd. Een centrale bron daarvoo Read More

Abstract This essay examines lived religion as a valued but complicated aspect of religious heritage constellations. This will be done through analyzing the heritagization process of a religious site comprised of three living monasteries. There, different heritage groups have been involved with managing the area as a heritage site, while the monastics have retained a communal life of prayer. In the heritage perception of th Read More

Abstract As part of NTT JTSR’s series on Key Texts, the present article discusses David Abulafia’s monograph The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean. It explains Abulafia’s approach to the Mediterranean as a distinctive region in the context of the wider field of Mediterranean studies. The article then explores the potential impact of Abulafia’s specific approach on the study of Judaism and Christianity from the Read More