Religion and senses of place

Groundwork : setting the scenes / Graham Harvey and Opinderjit Kaur Takhar -- Clouds drifting through a landscape : glimpses of Rishikesh / Stephen Jacobs -- Ji Aya Nu : gurdwaras as refuge and target in the Islamophobic world order / Tavleen Kaur -- The role of place in shaping the practice and mea...

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Beteiligte: Harvey, Graham 1959- (HerausgeberIn) ; Takhar, Opinderjit Kaur 1972- (HerausgeberIn)
Medienart: Druck Buch
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Sheffield, UK Bristol, CT Equinox 2021
In:Jahr: 2021
Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift:Religion and the senses
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Südasien / Religion / Heiligtum / Ort / Landschaft / Religionsausübung
weitere Schlagwörter:B Sacred Space
B Religion and geography
B Place (Philosophy)
B Senses and sensation Religious aspects
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Zusammenfassung:Groundwork : setting the scenes / Graham Harvey and Opinderjit Kaur Takhar -- Clouds drifting through a landscape : glimpses of Rishikesh / Stephen Jacobs -- Ji Aya Nu : gurdwaras as refuge and target in the Islamophobic world order / Tavleen Kaur -- The role of place in shaping the practice and meaning of seva among Jain ascetics in Gujarat, India / Bindi Shah & N. Rajaram -- Aughars and their sense of 'place' / Jishnu Shankar -- Sense, place and the goddess : devotion to Kāli in cross-cultural perspective / Nicole Petersen -- The spirit of place : encounters with the Bauls and Fakirs of West Bengal / Denise Doyle & Tara Baoth Mooney -- Landscapes of enchantment and their usage : a critical case-study from the Khasi ethnic community, Northeast India / Margaret Lyngdoh -- Indigenous American quadripartitioned sense of place / Miguel Astor-Aguilera -- A tuna in every puna : photofilmic practices and tribal desires for environmental reinvigoration of freshwater springs / Natalie Robertson.
"This volume examines sense of place in which people not only perform religious acts in particular places but also understand emplacement / belonging to be key features of their religious practices and identities. Such places include specific local shrines and large territories. Religion and Senses of Place focuses on case studies of religions originating in South Asia and those identifiable as "Indigenous""--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1800500661