Locating the sacred : theoretical approaches to the emplacement of religion / / edited by Cecelia Feldman and Claudia Moser
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| Titolo: |
Locating the sacred : theoretical approaches to the emplacement of religion / / edited by Cecelia Feldman and Claudia Moser
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| Pubblicazione: | Oakville : , : Oxbow Books, , [2014] |
| ©2014 | |
| Edizione: | First [edition]. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (197 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 203/.8 |
| Soggetto topico: | Ritual |
| Rites and ceremonies | |
| Religion and geography | |
| Sacred space | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | FeldmanCecelia |
| MoserClaudia | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Contributor Addresses; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Linear Reflections: Ritual Memory and Material Repetition at the Thirteen Altars at Lavinium; Chapter 3: Re-Placing the Nile: Water and Mimesis in the Roman Practice of Egyptian Religion at Pergamon; Chapter 4: Itinerant Creeds: The Chinese Northern Frontier; Chapter 5: The Dig at the End of the World: Archaeology and Apocalypse. Tourism in the Valley of Armageddon |
| Chapter 6: Power of Place: Ruler, Landscape and Ritual Space at The Sanctuaries of Labraunda and Mamurt Kale in Asia MinorChapter 7: Transforming the Surroundings and its Impact on Cult Rituals: The Case Study of Artemis Mounichia in the Fifth Century; Chapter 8: The Sacred Houses in Neolithic Wansan Society; Chapter 9: Putting Religious Ritual in its Place: On Some Ways Humans' Cognitive Predilections Influence the Locations and Shapes of Religious Rituals; Chapter 10: The Aptitude for Sacred Space; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Ritual happens in distinct places - in temples, in caves, along pilgrimage routes - and religious activities there incorporate a diverse set of objects such as holy water, cult statues, and sacred texts. Understanding religious ritual requires viewing it not as a disembodied event, but as emplaced, grounded in both built and natural surroundings, and integrated with its associated material objects. Here authors examine various religious practices in the Greco-Roman world and pilgrimage routes in contemporary Israel. Other contributions focus on the East, on domestic religion in prehistoric Tai |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Locating the sacred |
| ISBN: | 1-78297-617-5 |
| 1-78297-619-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910797218403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Joukowsky Institute publication ; ; 3.