The Location of Religion : A Spatial Analysis.
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- computer
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- 9781315652641
- 306.6
- BL60 -- .K568 2014eb
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: The Development of a Spatial Approach for the Study of Religion -- 1. Opening Up Space for the Study of Religion -- 2. Religion and Lefebvre's Spatial Triad -- 3. Opening Up Religion for a Spatial Analysis -- 4. Religion and Space: The Scholarly Legacy -- 5. The Spatial Approach Summarised -- Part II: Applying a Spatial Approach: The Case of the Left Hand -- 6. The Physical, Social and Mental Space of the Right Left Hand -- 7. The Location of Religion Within Some Contemporary Left Hands -- 8. Spatial Properties, Distant Left Hands, and the Field of the Religious and Secular -- 9. Beyond the Field? The Left, Transformation, and the Sacred -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Authors -- Index of Subjects.
This book offers a new approach to the study of religion in the West based on a spatial analysis of religious-secular relations. It locates religion within the social, cultural, and physical spaces of the present using a method informed by contemporary spatial theory, particularly the work of Henri Lefebvre.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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