Jacob N Kinnard

Places in Motion

The Fluid Identities of Temples, Images, and Pilgrims

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Produktbeschreibung

Jacob Kinnard offers an in-depth examination of the complex dynamics of religiously charged places. He argues that places are sacred because we make them sacred, and that they remain in perpetual motion, transforming themselves from moment to moment and generation to generation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 507g
• ISBN-13: 9780199359660
• ISBN-10: 0199359660
• Artikelnr.: 40443979

Autorenporträt

Jacob N. Kinnard is Professor of Comparative Religions at Iliff School of Theology.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Preface: The Questions of Places
1. Place, Contestation, and the Complexities of Agency
2. Power Fallen from the Sky
3. The Polyvalent Padas of Vishnu and the Buddha
4. The Drama of Vishnu and the Buddha at Bodhgaya
5. Bodhgaya, UNESCO, and the Ambiguities of Preservation
6. The Power and the Politics of Emplacement
7. Public Space or Sacred Place?
8. Fences and Walls: A Not-So-Final Reflection On Preservations, Prohibitions, and Places in Motion
Notes
Bibliography
Index