| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Oxbow/Joukowsky Institute Publication ; v. 3 |
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Oxbow/Joukowsky Institute Publication
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| Contents |
Linear reflections : ritual memory and material reflection at the thirteen altars at lavinium / Claudia Moser -- Re-placing the Nile : water and mimesis in the Roman practice of Egyptian religion at Pergamon / Cecelia A. Feldman -- Itinerant creeds : the Chinese northern frontier / Paola Dematte -- The dig at the end of the world : archaeology and apocalypse, tourism in the valley of Armageddon / Isaac Morrison -- Power of place : ruler, landscape, and ritual space at the sanctuaries of Labraunda and Mamurt Kale in Asia Minor / Christina Williamson -- Transforming the surroundings and its impact on cult rituals : the case study of Artemis Mounichia in the Fifth Century / Chyssanthi Papadopoulou -- The sacred houses in Neolithic Wansan Society / Chih-hua Chiang and Yi-chang Liu -- Putting religious ritual in its place : on some ways humans cognitive predilections influence the locations and shapes of religious rituals / Robert N. McCauley -- The aptitude for scared space / Ian B. Straughn |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Ritual.
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Rites and ceremonies.
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Religion and geography.
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Sacred space.
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rites.
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ceremonies.
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RELIGION -- Reference.
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RELIGION -- Theology.
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Religion and geography
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Rites and ceremonies
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Ritual
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Sacred space
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Feldman, Cecelia, editor
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| LC no. |
2013048315 |
| ISBN |
9781782976196 |
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1782976191 |
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