Around the globe there are numerous mountains that have been and continue to be attributed sacredness. Decolonisation and the 'ecological turn' changed the religious power of interpretation and gave discourses about sacred mountains new meaning. Globally, however, they remain an outstanding example of cultural diversity
THE AUTHOR Jon Mathieu is Editor-in- Chief of the journal histories and Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Lucerne. He has written extensively on the history of mountain regions. The Third Dimension: A Comparative History of Mountains in the Modern Era was published in English by the White Horse Press in 2011.