Prayer in the City: The Making of Muslim Sacred Places and Urban Life

This volume envisions social practices surrounding mosques, shrines and public spaces in urban contexts as a window on the diverse ways in which Muslims in different regional and historical settings imagine, experience, and inhabit places and spaces as »sacred«. Unlike most studies on Muslim communi...

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其他作者: Desplat, Patrick A. (Editor)
格式: 电子 图书
语言:English
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出版: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2012
In:Year: 2012
丛编:Globaler lokaler Islam
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B 伊斯兰教 / 圣地 / 经验世界 / 城巿 / Urbanität / 宗教实践
Further subjects:B Space
B Aufsatzsammlung
B 宗教
B Ethnology
B City
B Islam; Religion; Culture; Place; Space; City; Urbanity; Ethnology; Islamic Studies; Urban Studies; Sociology of Religion
B Urbanity
B Islamic Studies
B Urban Studies
B sociology of religion
B Culture
B Place
B Konferenzschrift
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总结:This volume envisions social practices surrounding mosques, shrines and public spaces in urban contexts as a window on the diverse ways in which Muslims in different regional and historical settings imagine, experience, and inhabit places and spaces as »sacred«. Unlike most studies on Muslim communities, this volume focuses on cultural, material and sensuous practices and urban everyday experience. Drawing on a range of analytical perspectives, the contributions examine spatial practices in Muslim societies from an interdisciplinary perspective, an approach which has been widely neglected both in Islamic studies and social sciences.
ISBN:383941945X