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Sharing the sacra : the politics and pragmatics of intercommunal relations around holy places /

"Shared" sites, where members of distinct, or factionally opposed, religious communities interact & amp;mdash;or fail to interact & amp;mdash;is the focus of this volume. Chapters based on fieldwork from such diverse sites as India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, China, Turkey, Morocco, Tunisia...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bowman, Glenn
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Shared" sites, where members of distinct, or factionally opposed, religious communities interact & amp;mdash;or fail to interact & amp;mdash;is the focus of this volume. Chapters based on fieldwork from such diverse sites as India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, China, Turkey, Morocco, Tunisia, and Vietnam demonstrate how sharing and tolerance are both more complex and multifaceted than they are often recognized to be. By including both historical processes (the development of Chinese funerals in late imperial Beijing or the refashioning of memorial commemoration in the wake of the Vietnam war) and particular events.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 185 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780857454874
0857454870