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Locating the sacred : theoretical approaches to the emplacement of religion / edited by Claudia Moser and Cecelia Feldman.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Joukowsky Institute publication ; 3.Publisher: Oxford ; Oakville : Oxbow Books, [2014]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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  • 9781782976172
  • 1782976175
  • 9781782976189
  • 1782976183
  • 9781782976196
  • 1782976191
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Locating the sacredDDC classification:
  • 203/.8 23
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  • BL600
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Contributor Addresses; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Linear Reflections: Ritual Memory and Material Repetition at the Thirteen Altars at Lavinium; Chapter 3: Re-Placing the Nile: Water and Mimesis in the Roman Practice of Egyptian Religion at Pergamon; Chapter 4: Itinerant Creeds: The Chinese Northern Frontier; Chapter 5: The Dig at the End of the World: Archaeology and Apocalypse. Tourism in the Valley of Armageddon.
Chapter 6: Power of Place: Ruler, Landscape and Ritual Space at The Sanctuaries of Labraunda and Mamurt Kale in Asia MinorChapter 7: Transforming the Surroundings and its Impact on Cult Rituals: The Case Study of Artemis Mounichia in the Fifth Century; Chapter 8: The Sacred Houses in Neolithic Wansan Society; Chapter 9: Putting Religious Ritual in its Place: On Some Ways Humans' Cognitive Predilections Influence the Locations and Shapes of Religious Rituals; Chapter 10: The Aptitude for Sacred Space; Index.
Summary: 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, grounded in both built and natural surroundings, and integrated with its associated material objects. Here authors examine various religious practices in the Greco-Roman world and pilgrimage routes in contemporary Israel. Other contributions focus on the East, on domestic religion in prehistoric Tai.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1021644

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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Contributor Addresses; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Linear Reflections: Ritual Memory and Material Repetition at the Thirteen Altars at Lavinium; Chapter 3: Re-Placing the Nile: Water and Mimesis in the Roman Practice of Egyptian Religion at Pergamon; Chapter 4: Itinerant Creeds: The Chinese Northern Frontier; Chapter 5: The Dig at the End of the World: Archaeology and Apocalypse. Tourism in the Valley of Armageddon.

Chapter 6: Power of Place: Ruler, Landscape and Ritual Space at The Sanctuaries of Labraunda and Mamurt Kale in Asia MinorChapter 7: Transforming the Surroundings and its Impact on Cult Rituals: The Case Study of Artemis Mounichia in the Fifth Century; Chapter 8: The Sacred Houses in Neolithic Wansan Society; Chapter 9: Putting Religious Ritual in its Place: On Some Ways Humans' Cognitive Predilections Influence the Locations and Shapes of Religious Rituals; Chapter 10: The Aptitude for Sacred Space; Index.

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, grounded in both built and natural surroundings, and integrated with its associated material objects. Here authors examine various religious practices in the Greco-Roman world and pilgrimage routes in contemporary Israel. Other contributions focus on the East, on domestic religion in prehistoric Tai.