ISBN:
9780367561505
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9780367616953
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 222 Seiten
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Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Routledge South Asian religion series 16
Series Statement:
Routledge South Asian religion series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Spaces of religion in urban South Asia
DDC:
306.60954/091732
Keywords:
Sociology, Urban Religious aspects
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Religion and sociology
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Cultural landscapes
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Südasien
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Indien
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Stadt
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Religiöses Leben
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Religionssoziologie
Abstract:
"This book explores religion in various spatial constellations in South Asian cities, including religious centres such as Varanasi, Madurai and Nanded, and cities not readily associated with religion, such as Mumbai and Delhi. Contributors from different disciplines discuss a large variety of urban spaces: physical and imagined, institutional and residential, built and landscaped, virtual and mediatized, historical and contemporary. In doing so, the book addresses a wide range of issues concerning the role of religion in the dynamic interplay of factors which characterize complex urban social spaces. Chapters incorporate varying degrees and forms of the religious/spiritual, ranging from invisible and incorporeal to material and explicit, embedded in and expressed as spatial politics, works of fiction, mission, pilgrimage, festivals and everyday life. Topics examined include conflictual situations involving places of worship in Delhi, inclusive religious practices in Kanpur, American Protestant mission in Madurai, the celebration of the Prophet's birthday in Lahore, gardens as imaginative spaces, the politics of religion in Varanasi, and many others. Illustrating and analysing ways and forms in which religion persists in South Asian urban contexts, this book will be of interest to researchers and students in the fields of cultural studies, the study of religions, urban studies, and South Asian Studies"--
Note:
"... outcome of a two-day workshop organised in September 2018 and hosted by the Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion (AHKR) at the University of Bergen" (ungezählte Seite xi)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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