Modernity and the Construction of Sacred Space
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Edited by:
Aaron French
About this book
This volume focuses on the connection between modern design and architectural practices and the construction of "sacred spaces." Not only language and ritual but space, place, and architecture play a significant role in constructing "special" or "religious" spaces. However, this concept of a constructed "sacred space" remains undertheorized in religious studies and the history of art and architecture in general. This volume therefore revisits the question of a "modern sacred space" from an interdisciplinary perspective, focusing on religion, space, and architecture during the emergence of the modern period and up until contemporary times. Revisiting the ways in which modern architects and artists have endeavored to create sacred spaces and buildings for the modern world will address the underlying questions of how religious ideas—especially those related to esotericism and to alternative religiosities—have transformed the way sacred spaces are conceptualized today.
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Modernity, Space and the Sacred Aaron French and Katharina Waldner Open Access Download PDF |
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Urbanity and the Sacred
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Ansgar Martins Open Access Download PDF |
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William Redwood Open Access Download PDF |
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Shujuan Li, Alden Stoner, Esther M. Sternberg, Patricia A. Deuster, J. Ray Runyon, Bo Yang and Angela Walseng Open Access Download PDF |
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Imagining Non-Hegemonic Spaces
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Andrea Franchetto Open Access Download PDF |
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Andrej Kapcar Open Access Download PDF |
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Performing and Designing Sacred Space
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The Adaptive Reuse of Sacred Space and Ritual Customs at Eleusis: The Case of Panagia Mesosporitissa
Aikaterini-Iliana Rassia Open Access Download PDF |
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Anna Sokolina Open Access Download PDF |
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Tancredi Marrone Open Access Download PDF |
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Constructing and Building Sacred Spaces
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Aaron French Open Access Download PDF |
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Aurosa Alison Open Access Download PDF |
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Paul Eli Ivey Open Access Download PDF |
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