Religious architecture : anthropological perspectives /
Borrowing from a range of theories on spacemaking and material religion, and with contributions from anthropologists working in the United Kingdom, Mali, Brazil, Spain, and Italy, this fascinating and comprehensive study develops an anthropological perspective on modern religious architecture includ...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
[2013]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Borrowing from a range of theories on spacemaking and material religion, and with contributions from anthropologists working in the United Kingdom, Mali, Brazil, Spain, and Italy, this fascinating and comprehensive study develops an anthropological perspective on modern religious architecture including mosques, churches, and synagogues. Religious Architecture examines how religious buildings take their place in opposition to their secular surroundings and, in so doing, function not only as community centers in urban daily life, but also as evocations of the sublime that help believers to move. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (213 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789048518340 9048518342 |