Religious Heritage and (In)Capacity to Mean. With a Guided Visit to a Church’s Façade (Santa Cruz-Braga) Considering its Literary Sources

Authors

  • José Carlos Lopes de Miranda UCP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/1677-1222.2018vol18i3a7

Keywords:

Religion, Anthropology, Religious Heritage, Cultural and Religious Tourism, Cult of the Holy Cross

Abstract

Abstract: After the definition of religion as a subsystem of culture, the author identifies the area of intersection between Christianity and Religion. He then reflects on Christian heritage as a Language and on the difficulty of contemporary culture, precisely as religiously disinherited, to fully enjoy its meanings, for the lack of the code. It concludes with the enjoyment of a church’s façade (the church of the Holly Cross – Braga), specifically as religious heritage.

Author Biography

José Carlos Lopes de Miranda, UCP

Doutor em Ciências Patrísticas pelo Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum de Roma. Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências Sociais e Instituto de Estudos da Religião; Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Centro Regional de Braga

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Published

2018-12-25

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 3 (2018): Religião, memória e identidade na Europa

Section

Seção Temática

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