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Sharing the Sacra: The Politics and Pragmatics of Intercommunal Relations around Holy Places
Glenn Bowman (Ed.)
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Description for Sharing the Sacra: The Politics and Pragmatics of Intercommunal Relations around Holy Places
Paperback. Chapters based on fieldwork from such diverse sites as India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, China, Turkey, Morocco, Tunisia, and Vietnam demonstrate how sharing and tolerance are both more complex and multifaceted than they are often recognized to be. Editor(s): Bowman, Glenn. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Shared sites, where members of distinct, or factionally opposed, religious communities interact - or fail to interact - is the focus of this volume. Chapters based on fieldwork from such diverse sites as India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, China, Turkey, Morocco, Tunisia, and Vietnam demonstrate how sharing and tolerance are both more complex and multifaceted than they are often recognized to be. By including both historical processes (the development of Chinese funerals in late imperial Beijing or the refashioning of memorial commemoration in the wake of the Vietnam war) and particular events (the visit of Pope John Paul II to ... Read more
Shared sites, where members of distinct, or factionally opposed, religious communities interact - or fail to interact - is the focus of this volume. Chapters based on fieldwork from such diverse sites as India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, China, Turkey, Morocco, Tunisia, and Vietnam demonstrate how sharing and tolerance are both more complex and multifaceted than they are often recognized to be. By including both historical processes (the development of Chinese funerals in late imperial Beijing or the refashioning of memorial commemoration in the wake of the Vietnam war) and particular events (the visit of Pope John Paul II to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
267g
Number of Pages
196
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782387442
SKU
V9781782387442
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About Glenn Bowman (Ed.)
Glenn Bowman is Reader in Social Anthropology at the University of Kent where he directs the postgraduate program in the Anthropology of Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Identity. He has done extensive field research on Jerusalem pilgrimages as well as on intercommunal shrine practices in the Middle East and the Balkans. In addition to this research on holy places he has worked ... Read more
Reviews for Sharing the Sacra: The Politics and Pragmatics of Intercommunal Relations around Holy Places
[This volume's] broad range of experience is combined with a wide range of religious and territorial contexts - a welcome corrective to the tendency towards focusing on particular religions and regions - Overall, this is an excellent contribution to the growing literature on shared sacred places. It shows what a carefully constructed edited volume can achieve in an ... Read more