Religious Architecture: Anthropological Perspectives (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789089645111)

Borrowing from a range of theories on spacemaking and material religion, and with contributions from anthropologists working in the United Kingdom, Mali, Brazil, Spain, and Italy, this fascinating and comprehensive study develops an anthropological perspective on modern religious architecture including mosques, churches, and synagogues. Religious Architecture examines how religious buildings take their place in opposition to their secular surroundings and, in so doing, function not only as community centers in urban daily life, but also as evocations of the sublime that help believers to move beyond the boundaries of modern subjectivity.

Author: Oskar Verkaaik
ISBN-10: 908964511X
ISBN-13: 9789089645111
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 09/26/2013
Pages: 230
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.14w x 0.53d