The way we understand particular spaces is mediated by our
perceptions of the difference between the sacred and the profane.
Throughout history, different peoples have revered vastly diverse
spaces as sacred for vastly diverse reasons.
In Sacred Spaces, Benjamin Z. Kedar and R. J. Zwi Werblowsky
have compiled a wide-ranging collection of essays exploring a broad
array of ancient and contemporary holy places. The book reviews
sacred spaces of the ancient religions--Judaism, Christianity,
Islam, and Indian and East-Asian Religions--and discusses how these
spaces have been conceptualized and experienced. Chapter topics
include an investigation of the role of charismatic dreams in the
creation of sacred sites in present-day Israel; an analysis of
cities as cultic centers in Germany and Italy during the Middle
Ages; a history of the sacred Mount Hiko in Japan; and a study of
the Muslim holy cities as foci of Islamic revivalism in the
eighteeth century. Sacred Spaces provides readers with original and
illuminating examples of the myriad ways in which we perceive and
construct sacred space.
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