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Locating the sacred : theoretical approaches to the emplacement of religion /

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,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Feldman, Cecelia (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakville : Oxbow Books, 2013.
Edición:1st [edition].
Colección:Oxbow/Joukowsky Institute Publication.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Linear reflections : ritual memory and material reflection at the thirteen altars at lavinium / Claudia Moser
  • Re-placing the Nile : water and mimesis in the Roman practice of Egyptian religion at Pergamon / Cecelia A. Feldman
  • Itinerant creeds : the Chinese northern frontier / Paola Dematte
  • The dig at the end of the world : archaeology and apocalypse, tourism in the valley of Armageddon / Isaac Morrison
  • Power of place : ruler, landscape, and ritual space at the sanctuaries of Labraunda and Mamurt Kale in Asia Minor / Christina Williamson
  • Transforming the surroundings and its impact on cult rituals : the case study of Artemis Mounichia in the Fifth Century / Chyssanthi Papadopoulou
  • The sacred houses in Neolithic Wansan Society / Chih-hua Chiang and Yi-chang Liu
  • Putting religious ritual in its place : on some ways humans cognitive predilections influence the locations and shapes of religious rituals / Robert N. McCauley
  • The aptitude for scared space / Ian B. Straughn.