Religious Representation in Place

Exploring Meaningful Spaces at the Intersection of the Humanities and Sciences
Herausgeber: George, M.; Pezzoli-Olgiati, D.

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Produktbeschreibung

Religious Representation in Place brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars from the Humanities and Sciences to broaden the understanding of how religious symbols and spatial studies interact. The essays consider the relevance of religion in the experience of space, a fundamental dimension of culture and human life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan / Palgrave Macmillan
• 2014 edition
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9781349475544
• ISBN-10: 1349475548
• Artikelnr.: 45076727

Autorenporträt

Arnold Benz, Astronomy, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Pierre Bühler, Systematic Theology, University of Zurich, Switzerland Carla Danani, Political Philosophy, Università degli Studi di Macerata, Italy Carl Fingerhut, Architecture, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany Franco Farinelli, Geography, Università di Bologna, Italy Mark K. George, Hebrew Bible, Iliff School of Theology, USA Monika Glavac, Study of Religion, University of Zurich, Switzerland Anna-Katharina Höpflinger, Study of Religion, University of Zurich, Switzerland Jacob N. Kinnard, Comparative Religious Though, Iliff School of Theology, USA Remo Largo, Paediatrics, Kinderspital Zurich, Switzerland Marie-Therese Mäder, Study of Religion, University of Zurich, Switzerland Christl Maier, Old Testament Studies, Universität Marburg, Germany Tommi Mendel, Study of Religion, University of Zurich, Switzerland Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati, Study of Religion, University of Zurich, Switzerland S. Brent Plate, Religious Studies, Hamilton College, USA Katherine Rousseau, Theology, Philosophy, and Cultural Theory, University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology, USA

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Mark K. George and Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati PART I: THEORETICAL
FRAMEWORKS FOR APPROACHING SPACE 1. How Children Develop an Understanding
of Space; Remo Largo 2. Meaningless Cosmos?; Arnold O. Benz 3. Faith and
the Map; Franco Farinelli 4. The Human Dwelling: A Philosophical Question
around Places and Space; Carla Danani PART II: REPRESENTING SPACE IN
ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL CONTEXTS 5. Analyzing Embodied Space in Ancient
Israel's Tabernacle; Mark K. George 6. Sacred Spaces in the Book of Hosea:
A Case-Study on the Intersection of Gender, Space, and the Sacred in
Ancient Israel; Christl Maier 7. Mapping Our Last Places: Apocalyptic Space
and Eschatological Imagery at Chartres; Katherine Rousseau 8. Invisible
Spaces between Cosmology and Biography: An Approach to the Otherworld in
Visual Media; Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati PART III : REPRESENTING SPACE IN
CONTEMPORARY CONTEXTS 9. Ornament and the Other: The Reproduction of
Muslim-Christian Spaces in Andalusia and Beyond; S. Brent Plate10. Monika
Glavac, 'Places of Ridicule: Spatial Differentiation of the European
Caricature; S. Brent Plate 11. In Search of Orientation in Cinematic
Spaces: The Motif of Journey in Fiction Film; Marie-Therese Mäder 12.
Clothing as a Meaningful Marker of Space; Anna-Katharina Höpflinger 13.
Multiple Spaces in Modern Pilgrimages; Tommi Mendel 14. Spatiality and
Spirituality: In Search of a Spiritual City; Carl Fingerhut 15. The
Ambiguities of Preservation: Bodhgaya as a UNESCO World Heritage Site;
Jacob Kinnard Conclusion Reflections on Engaging Religion and Spatial
Studies; Pierre Bühler