Marcher dans les pas d’Abraham ?
Until 2020, the “Abraham Path” was presented as a hiking trail starting in Turkey and ending at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron. In the name of Abrahamic hospitality—in reference to the story of Mamre (Genesis XVIII; Qur’an XI, XV, LI)—this path was initially conceived in a pacifist perspective...
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2024
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| Accés en línia: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumari: | Until 2020, the “Abraham Path” was presented as a hiking trail starting in Turkey and ending at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron. In the name of Abrahamic hospitality—in reference to the story of Mamre (Genesis XVIII; Qur’an XI, XV, LI)—this path was initially conceived in a pacifist perspective by philanthropic Americans of the United States, as a crossing of religious and politic borders. In fact, the initiative was not inter-religious in nature, but a form of intercultural dialogue that went beyond the religious framework, or avoided it altogether. How did these entrepreneurs from overseas manage to develop this itinerary and the local and Palestinian network that ran it on the ground? How did this so-called Abrahamic utopia take root in an area undermined by geopolitical and interfaith tensions? Should it be seen as a heritage enterprise or as an alternative pilgrimage in a Holy Land saturated with religious meanings, or a heterotopic enterprise (a utopia “realized in space”)? This article aims to shed light on the complexity of the Abraham Path system, interpreted differently by the various protagonists. Although presented as apolitical and nonreligious, this touristic route was on the contrary also driven by incompressible political and religious dynamics, until its sudden "de-abrahamisation" in 2020. |
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