The Sacred Relics

The Sacred Relics
Author: Bruce Walden
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2022-08-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1098022440

An ancient message, scrawled on a bit of wood has been found and posted on the internet. But within a day it is gone and the one who found it is found murdered in Moscow. Archaeologist Mike Reed is made aware of it and is sent by his employer in Tacoma to the area of Sitka, Alaska to seek out the coordinates on the message. As the adventure unfolds, Mike meets four others deep in the Alaska wilderness who are seeking the same coordinates. Once they arrive they find a treasure, but not of the monetary variety. Treasures of bits of history, both secular and Biblical are there to be found but the members of the team find themselves on a journey of adventure and discovery of the spiritual variety. Author Bruce Walden takes us on a Biblical Adventure in which Indiana Jones would be thrilled to take part.

Sacred Relics

Sacred Relics
Author: Teresa Barnett
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2013-09-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 022605974X

A piece of Plymouth Rock. A lock of George Washington’s hair. Wood from the cabin where Abraham Lincoln was born. Various bits and pieces of the past—often called “association items”—may appear to be eccentric odds and ends, but they are valued because of their connections to prominent people and events in American history. Kept in museum collections large and small across the United States, such objects are the touchstones of our popular engagement with history. In Sacred Relics, Teresa Barnett explores the history of private collections of items like these, illuminating how Americans view the past. She traces the relic-collecting tradition back to eighteenth-century England, then on to articles belonging to the founding fathers and through the mass collecting of artifacts that followed the Civil War. Ultimately, Barnett shows how we can trace our own historical collecting from the nineteenth century’s assemblages of the material possessions of great men and women.

The Sacred Trusts

The Sacred Trusts
Author: Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi. Hırka-i Saadet Dairesi
Publisher: Tughra Books
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2004
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1932099727

This gorgeous, full-color photographic guide reveals the marvelous collection of the sacred relics at the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul, which houses more than 600 invaluable belongings from prophets such as Abraham, Moses, and Muhammad as well as a number of Muslim saints. Excavated from the most restricted rooms of the palace, the entire selection?including the pieces that are not on exhibit for daily visits?is compiled here for the first time in this fundamental handbook, making it perfect for students interested in Ottoman history, sacred relics of the Ottoman rule, or the broader Islamic heritage.

Keramat, Sacred Relics and Forbidden Idols in Singapore

Keramat, Sacred Relics and Forbidden Idols in Singapore
Author: William L. Gibson
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2024-08-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1040118135

Keramat, holy graves and shrines, represent physical markers of Singapore’s history as a multi‐ethnic maritime trading center. They offered sanctified spaces not only for Muslims but also for the entire community in which they emerged. Maintained by self‐appointed caretakers, the stories of keramat often interweave fact with folklore that mirror the history and sensibilities of the community. While once an abundant part of the social landscape of Singapore, many keramat were destroyed during the post‐independence rush to develop. These keramat now face a second vanishing with memories of them fading as caretakers and community members age and pass away. In parallel, many modern Muslims consider keramat as a form of shirk, or polytheism, and tacitly consent to their destruction. This book concludes by critically examining the often‐tense relationship between keramat and authority, both secular and religious, from colonial to modern times. The dilemmas of grappling with puritanical norms and grassroots elaborations in varying modes of preservation are investigated using case studies from Singapore and the wider region. A vital resource for scholars, this work contributes to a people’s history of Singapore, one that both deepens and problematizes official historical accounts.

Saints and Sacred Matter

Saints and Sacred Matter
Author: Cynthia Jean Hahn
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Byzantine Empire
ISBN: 9780884024064

Saints and Sacred Matter explores the embodied aspects of the divine--physical remains of holy men and women and objects associated with them. Contributors explore how relics linked the past and present with an imagined future in essays that discuss Christian and other religious traditions from the ancient world such as Judaism and Islam.

Furta Sacra

Furta Sacra
Author: Patrick J. Geary
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2011-06-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 1400820200

To obtain sacred relics, medieval monks plundered tombs, avaricious merchants raided churches, and relic-mongers scoured the Roman catacombs. In a revised edition of Furta Sacra, Patrick Geary considers the social and cultural context for these acts, asking how the relics were perceived and why the thefts met with the approval of medieval Christians.

The Reliquary Effect

The Reliquary Effect
Author: Cynthia Hahn
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2016-11-15
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1780237022

From skeletons to strips of cloth to little pieces of dust, reliquaries can be found in many forms, and while sometimes they may seem grotesque on their surface, they are nonetheless invested with great spiritual and memorial value. In this book, Cynthia Hahn offers the first full survey in English of the societal value of reliquaries, showing how they commemorate religious and historical events and, more important, inspire awe, faith, and, for many, the miraculous. Hahn looks deeply into the Christian tradition, examining relics and reliquaries throughout history and around the world, going from the earliest years of the cult of saints through to the post-Reformation response. She looks at relic footprints, incorrupt bodies, the Crown of Thorns, the Shroud of Turin, and many other renowned relics, and she shows how the architectural creation of sacred space and the evocation of the biblical tradition of the temple is central to the reliquary’s numinous power. She also discusses relics from other traditions—especially from Buddhism and Islam—and she even looks at how reliquaries figure in contemporary art. Fascinatingly illustrated throughout, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in the enduring power of sacred objects.

Strange Beauty

Strange Beauty
Author: Cynthia Jean Hahn
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2012
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0271050780

"A study of reliquaries as a form of representation in medieval art. Explores how reliquaries stage the importance and meaning of relics using a wide range of artistic means from material and ornament to metaphor and symbolism"--Provided by publisher.

Passion Relics and the Medieval Imagination

Passion Relics and the Medieval Imagination
Author: Cynthia Hahn
Publisher: University of California Press
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2020-01-07
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0520305264

Although objects associated with the Passion and suffering of Christ are among the most important and sacred relics venerated by the Catholic Church, this is the first study that considers how they were presented to the faithful. Cynthia Hahn adopts an accessible, informative, and holistic approach to the important history of Passion relics—first the True Cross, and then the collective group of Passion relics—examining their display in reliquaries, their presentation in church environments, their purposeful collection as centerpieces in royal and imperial collections, and finally their veneration in pictorial form as Arma Christi. Tracing the ways that Passion relics appear and disappear in response to Christian devotion and to historical phenomena, ranging from pilgrimage and the Crusades to the promotion of imperial power, this groundbreaking investigation presents a compelling picture of a very important aspect of late medieval and early modern devotion.