exploring meaningful spaces at the intersection of the humanities and sciences
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Mark K. George and Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York, NY
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2014
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(xviii, 286 pages) : illustrations
SERIES
Series Title
Religion and spatial studies.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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 Plate --;10. 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 M̃der --;12. Clothing as a Meaningful Marker of Space; Anna-Katharina H̲pflinger --;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 Bhler.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
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.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Place (Philosophy)
Sacred space.
Space -- Religious aspects.
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
edited by Mark K. George and Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati.