Biblical Gardens and the Sensuality of Religious Pedagogy

Bielo, James S.

doi:10.1080/17432200.2017.1345099

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“…1). Bielo (2018), while characterising the sites under investigation, also pointed to this characteristic quality of biblical gardens.…”

Section: Elements Of Street and Garden Furniturementioning

confidence: 86%

“…Stückrath (2012), Brocks and Weidenweber (2016) and Bielo (2018) generally point to the fact that the biblical gardens that they studied presented plants along with their names, at least one Bible quote, as well as with the help of printed guides or electronic devices.…”

Section: The Form Of the Presentation Of Plantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In turn, water and stone, so widely present in biblical gardens, are considered a demonstration of the opposites of evanescence and lasting, which symbolise earthly and eternal life (Lukesch, 2009). Bielo (2018) cites, after the creators of the Biblical garden in Paradise Valley, that a biblical garden is "a sacred place of healing and beauty", "a place of [God's] presence", a place "for a quiet stroll, a time of meditation or a picnic" and "a place of prayer, healing, and celebration", in addition to citing words from the Greenville garden: "to bring the Bible to life through God's green and growing things". However, he himself defines a biblical garden as "a complex kind of religious attraction with a hybrid quality, mixing elements and influences from monastic gardens, public botanical gardens, Holy Land re-creations, interactive museums, and immersive theme parks".…”

Section: Review Of Terms Used To Describe a Biblical Gardenmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Biblical garden – a review, characteristics and definition based on twenty years of research

Włodarczyk

2018

Folia Horticulturae

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Biblical gardens have existed in the public space for almost 80 years, and yet still up to this moment no scientific definition of this type of garden layout has been developed, nor has any detailed characterization of them been published. Multifaceted, interdisciplinary research carried out in the years 1996-2017 made it possible to gather detailed data pertaining to 63 biblical gardens all over the world, primarily including the oldest ones. The fundamental characteristics of existing sites were determined on the basis of these results, including their naming in different languages, presentation through a logo and motto, plant selection along with the manner of its presentation, the symbols that they employ, street and garden furniture being used and the arrangements of miniature landscapes. An in-depth analysis of the material that had been gathered made it possible to formulate a scientific definition of a biblical garden as a specific type of greenery arrangement. The specifics of biblical gardens lie in the fact that they possess significant semantic value and are an illustration of the sacred texts of the Bible, one of the greatest works of literature. Various artistic works are being used in their arrangement, in addition to modern forms of design, which highlight sensory values through referring to the senses: sight, touch, hearing, smell and taste.

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“…1). Bielo (2018), while characterising the sites under investigation, also pointed to this characteristic quality of biblical gardens.…”

Section: Elements Of Street and Garden Furniturementioning

confidence: 86%

Section: The Form Of the Presentation Of Plantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Review Of Terms Used To Describe a Biblical Gardenmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Biblical garden – a review, characteristics and definition based on twenty years of research

Włodarczyk

2018

Folia Horticulturae

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“…It may be supposed that the plant symbolism and link to the Bible trigger respect and esteem, increasing in this way curiosity and stimulation of creative work, which increase the therapy effectiveness. Biblical gardens give an opportunity to observe the landscape in many dimensions, because, apart from sensations, namely by sight, smell, hearing, touch (Stigsdotter and Grahn 2002), the landscape transfers an observer to the religious and spiritual sphere (Bielo 2017). The makers of certain gardens were motivated by ecological values fundamental to establish the largest garden, the Biblical Landscape Reserve Biblical Gardens in Word Culture: Genesis and History in Neot Kedumim.…”

Section: How Biblical Garden Makers Were Inspiredmentioning

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Biblical Gardens in Word Culture: Genesis and History

Włodarczyk

Kapczyńska

2019

J Agric Environ Ethics

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For nearly 80 years Biblical gardens have been present in the natural and cultural landscape. The first gardens came into existence in the US. The idea to create such gardens spread from the US mainly across Europe, Australia and Israel. These gardens are being made all the time; recently we have observed their dynamic development. This study is to show the effects of the 20 years long scientific work to formulate the original genesis of the Biblical garden idea. The characteristics of 64 facilities situated in 14 countries has been presented for the first time so widely. This enabled us to show both the history of these gardens and how they are situated in the cultural and social context. The effect of various factors inspiring people of various professions to create Biblical gardens both near sacral buildings and within the secular areas has been evidenced. Biblical gardens exercise the principles of gardens of senses and learning gardens. And it is the highly developed semantic layer that makes them stand out.

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“…In March 2017, I visited Amherst College in Massachusetts at the invitation of a colleague. We had been discussing the phenomenon of biblical gardens (Bielo, 2018), and he wisely suggested a visit to the library archives might yield some relevant materials. Two archivists, one older and one younger, listened politely as I explained my interest in biblical botanicals.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Flower, soil, water, stone: Biblical landscape items and Protestant materiality

Bielo

2018

Journal of Material Culture

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Protestants mobilize objects such as 'Holy Land' flowers, Jordan River stones, vials of Dead Sea water, sand from Lake Tiberias, and Golgotha soil as potent metonymic resources, promising a kind of direct access to the scriptural past and its sacred stories. This article uses this case of biblical landscape items to reflect on the historic ambivalence that characterizes Protestant relations with religious materiality. Building on scholarship that has demonstrated the prolific role of religious materiality in Protestant ritual and everyday lifeworlds, the author extends this analysis by asking: under what conditions do Protestants experience materiality as untroubled and under what conditions is a more anxious disposition activated? To differentiate among conditions, the author proposes that it is helpful to conceptualize Protestant engagements with materiality vis-à-vis legitimized frames (e.g. pedagogy, devotion, evangelism, entertainment). Drawing together archival and ethnographic data, primarily among US Protestants, the article argues that when Protestants function within legitimized frames they are prone to embrace biblical landscape items, but when they find themselves out of frame, their engagement with this particular species of materiality becomes troubled.

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Biblical Gardens and the Sensuality of Religious Pedagogy

Cited by 7 publications

References 17 publications

Biblical garden – a review, characteristics and definition based on twenty years of research

Biblical garden – a review, characteristics and definition based on twenty years of research

Biblical Gardens in Word Culture: Genesis and History

Flower, soil, water, stone: Biblical landscape items and Protestant materiality

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