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The Oxford Handbook of Religious Space (Hardcover)
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The Oxford Handbook of Religious Space (Hardcover)
Series: OXFORD HANDBOOKS SERIES
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How do we understand religious spaces? What is their role or
function within specific religious traditions or with respect to
religious experience? This handbook brings together thirty-three
essays addressing these questions using a range of methods and
approaches to examine specific spaces or types of spaces around the
world and across time. The authors here represent and draw upon
many disciplines: religious studies and religion, anthropology,
archaeology, architectural history and architecture, cultural and
religious history, sociology, geography, gender and women's studies
and others. Their essays are snapshots, each offering a specific
way to think about the religious space(s) under consideration:
Roman shrines, Jewish synagogues, Christian churches, Muslim and
Catholic shrines, indigenous spaces in Central America and East
Africa, cemeteries, memorials, and more. Some overarching
principles emerge from these snapshots. The authors demonstrate
that religious spaces are simultaneously individual and collective,
personal and social; that they are influenced by culture,
tradition, and immediate circumstances; and that they participate
in various relationships of power. These essays demonstrate that
religious spaces do not simply provide a convenient background for
religious action but are also constituent of religious meaning and
religious experience; they play an active role in creating,
expressing, broadcasting, maintaining, and transforming religious
meanings and religious experiences. By learning how religious
spaces function, readers of this collection will gain a deeper
understanding of religious life and religions themselves.
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