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Rearranging the Landscape of the Gods
Sarah Thal
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Description for Rearranging the Landscape of the Gods
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HRLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 570.
When people create new societies, economies, and nations—both now and in the past—they create gods, rituals, and miracles to support them. Even what seem to be some of the most timeless and sacred sites in the world have been shaped, reshaped, and reinterpreted by countless people to produce oases of peace and nature today.
Using miracle tales, votive plaques, diaries, and newspapers, Sarah Thal traces such changes at one of the most popular Japanese pilgrimage sites of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: the shrine of Konpira on the island of Shikoku. This rich and fascinating history explores how people ... Read more
When people create new societies, economies, and nations—both now and in the past—they create gods, rituals, and miracles to support them. Even what seem to be some of the most timeless and sacred sites in the world have been shaped, reshaped, and reinterpreted by countless people to produce oases of peace and nature today.
Using miracle tales, votive plaques, diaries, and newspapers, Sarah Thal traces such changes at one of the most popular Japanese pilgrimage sites of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: the shrine of Konpira on the island of Shikoku. This rich and fascinating history explores how people ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226794211
SKU
V9780226794211
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99-1
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