동시대의 "순례"와 "성지"에 대한 고찰

Abstract

The pilgrimage undergoes changes in the modern world, while the popularity of pilgrimage is increasing and sacred site grows in number. Whereas in traditional societies pilgrimages were under control of established religions to a great degree and accordingly. their sacred places were interwoven with the sacred world-view or history of the traditional religion in question. modern pilgrimages are often performed independent of a certain religious tradition as New Age pilgrimage shows. At first, this paper took Sedona (Arizona. in the US). the Mecca of New Age, as an example to follow the process through which an unknown region was turned into a sacred place of an alternative religious movement called New Age and a popular tourist goal as well. In addition, the activities of Dahn World. a Korean ki-training enterprise. in Sedona were scrutinized. especially their appropriation and reinterpretation of this sacred region as the sacred place of their own and their following marketing of this place as an optimal place for spiritual growth. At the second part of this paper. recent academic discussions on "pilgrimage" and "the sacred" were introduced. in search of a productive theoretical model for the present theme. Eventually, "situational" model which presupposes that sacred places are constructed under concrete sociocultural and economic condition even intentionally. was positively evaluated. For this model demands researchers to focus on the complex situation under which a certain phenomena called "pilgrimage" appears and goes through the changes.