Religious Representation in Place

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Mark K. George, Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati

      Pages 1-12

3. Theoretical Frameworks for Approaching Space

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. How Children Develop an Understanding of Space: A Developmental Pediatric Perspective

      • Remo H. Largo

      Pages 15-22

   3. Meaningless Space?: Astrophysics and Theology

      • Arnold O. Benz

      Pages 23-34

   4. Faith and the Map: On the Metaphysical Nature of Visual Spatial Representation

      • Franco Farinelli

      Pages 35-45

   5. Human Dwelling: A Philosophical Question Concerning Place and Space

      • Carla Danani

      Pages 47-60

4. Representing Space in Ancient and Medieval Contexts

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61

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   2. Analyzing Embodied Space in Ancient Israel’s Tabernacle: A Biblical Studies Perspective

      • Mark K. George

      Pages 63-74

   3. Sacred Spaces in the Book of Hosea: The Intersection of Gender, Space, and the Sacred in Ancient Israel from a Feminist-Theological Perspective

      • Christl M. Maier

      Pages 75-88

   4. Mapping Our Last Places: Apocalyptic Space and Imagery at Chartres Cathedral—A Social and Visual Analysis of Imagined Space

      • Katherine Rousseau

      Pages 89-103

   5. Invisible Spaces between Cosmology and Biography: An Approach to the Afterlife in Visual Media

      • Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati

      Pages 105-121

5. Representing Space in Contemporary Contexts

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123

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   2. Ornament and the Other: Sacred Spaces and Religious Identities in Andalusia

      • S. Brent Plate

      Pages 125-141

   3. Spaces of Ridicule: Spatial Differentiation of the Caricature in Eighteenth-Century England from the Perspective of the Study of Religion

      • Monika Glavac

      Pages 143-157

   4. In Search of Orientation in Cinematic Spaces: The Journey Motif in Fiction Film from a Transdisciplinary Perspective of Film and Religious Studies

      • Marie-Therese Mäder

      Pages 159-176

   5. Clothing as a Meaningful Marker of Space: A Comparative Approach to Embodied Religion from a Cultural Studies Perspective

      • Anna-Katharina Höpflinger

      Pages 177-192

   6. In Quest of the Known: Multiple Spaces as an Essential Component of Traveling Experiences from a Social Sciences’ Perspective

      • Tommi Mendel

      Pages 193-210

   7. The Town beyond the Modern: A Biographical Reflection about Space, Time, and Spirituality

      • Carl Fingerhuth

      Pages 211-233

   8. The Ambiguities of Preservation: Bodhgayā, UNESCO, and the Making of a World Heritage Site

      • Jacob Kinnard

      Pages 235-250

Religious Representation in Place brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars from the Humanities and Sciences to broaden the understanding of how religious symbols and spatial studies interact. The essays consider the relevance of religion in the experience of space, a fundamental dimension of culture and human life.

• Religion
• Study of Religion
• Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
• art
• architecture
• urban planning
• developmental pediatrics
• astronomy
• political philosophy
• geography
• film studies
• art studies
• cinema
• culture
• experience
• fiction
• gender
• Henri Rousseau
• interdisciplinary
• media

“All chapters in this rich book are solidly and carefully crafted; interconnections between them appear clear and thought-provoking in spite of the volume’s wide range of approaches. … George and Pezzoli-Olgiati provide a rich, thought provoking and highly valuable contribution to the accelerating discourse on how space/place and religion interact in an excitingly complex way.” (Sigurd Bergmann, Theologische Literaturzeitung, Vol. 141 (10), 2016)

"Addressed both to practitioners and scholars, this highly unusual and significant book opens with a theoretical exploration of space as it is interrelated to religion in generating meaning in human life. It then explores examples of meaning's emergence from these reciprocal interactions. Finally, it interrogates these phenomena through interdisciplinary essays from astrophysics, religious studies, architecture, philosophy, urban planning, psychology, art history, and hermeneutics. Here unity of thought is refracted through multiple perspectives to yield a work of high achievement and lasting value." - George Hoover, FAIA, Architect, Professor Emeritus, Architecture, University of Colorado, USA

Arnold Benz, Astronomy, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Pierre Bühler, Systematic Theology, University of Zurich, Switzerland Carla Danani, Political Philosophy, Università degli Studi di Macerata, Italy Carl Fingerhut, Architecture, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany Franco Farinelli, Geography, Università di Bologna, Italy Mark K. George, Hebrew Bible, Iliff School of Theology, USA Monika Glavac, Study of Religion, University of Zurich, Switzerland Anna-Katharina Höpflinger, Study of Religion, University of Zurich, Switzerland Jacob N. Kinnard, Comparative Religious Though, Iliff School of Theology, USA Remo Largo, Paediatrics, Kinderspital Zurich, Switzerland Marie-Therese Mäder, Study of Religion, University of Zurich, Switzerland Christl Maier, Old Testament Studies, Universität Marburg, Germany Tommi Mendel, Study of Religion, University of Zurich, Switzerland Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati, Study of Religion, University of Zurich, Switzerland S. Brent Plate, Religious Studies, Hamilton College, USA Katherine Rousseau, Theology, Philosophy, and Cultural Theory, University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology, USA

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