“This Is My Place”. (Hi)Storytelling Churches in the Northern Netherlands
This article proposes storytelling as a tool to return historic church buildings to the people in today’s secularized society. It starts by recognizing the unique qualities shared by most historic churches, namely that they are (1) different from most other buildings, (2) unusually old, and (3) are often characterized by beautiful exteriors and interiors. The argument builds on the storytelling strategies that were chosen in two recent book projects (co-)written by the author of this article, on historic churches in the northern Dutch provinces of Frisia (Fryslân) and Groningen. Among the many... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Text |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2021 |
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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Schlagwörter: | religious heritage / historic churches / storytelling / religious history / glocal history / churches of Frisia (The Netherlands) / churches of Groningen (The Netherlands) / book projects |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26810093 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12090702 |