Religious Studies Brownbag with Professor Tom DuBois (GNS+)
The Agency of Place: Helgafell and 13th-century Icelandic Monastics
Event Details
Date
Friday, November 15, 2024
Time
12:15-1:15 p.m.
Location
Description
DuBois looks at an Icelandic sacred place—Helgafell (“Holy Mountain”)—in its hosting of first pagan & then Christian populations from the 10th to 13th centuries, arguing for recognition of the place’s agency in its history of sacralization, & suggesting that 13th-century Christian monastics recognized such agency as well, in a manner that reflected a level of comfort regarding the notion of sacred places in both pagan & Christian traditions.
Cost
Free
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