Sacred sites and sacred stories across cultures : transmission of oral tradition, myth, and religiosity /: transmission of oral tradition, myth, and religiosity. (2021)
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- Title:
- Sacred sites and sacred stories across cultures : transmission of oral tradition, myth, and religiosity /: transmission of oral tradition, myth, and religiosity. (2021)
- Main Title:
- Sacred sites and sacred stories across cultures : transmission of oral tradition, myth, and religiosity
- Further Information:
- Note: Edited by David W. Kim.
- Editors:
- Kim, David W (David William)
- Contents:
- 1. IntroductionPart One: Visual Arts and Architecture2. Traces of Places: Sacred Sites in Miniature on Minoan Gold Rings.3. Reimagining Sacrosanct Sites in the Graphic Art of Kōno Fumiyo.4. Archaeology of a Coral Sea Ceremonial Pathway Duncan Wright, Alo Tapim, and James Zaro.5. Art and Cultural Heritage of Mahabharata and Ramayana: A View through the Terracotta Temples of Bishnupur, West Bengal.Part Two: Pilgrimage and Tourism (Asia and New Age)6. Jiba: The Sacred Place of Tenrikyo?.7. Blurred Boundaries between Secular Memory and Sacred Space in Religious Tourism: Example of Two New Religions, the Mormon and Unification Faiths.8. The Spiritual in the Mundane: The Poetry of the Shikoku O-Henro Pilgrimage.Part Three: Competition and Contestation9. Competition and Contestation at a Hindu-Muslim Shrine: The Case of the Sant Laldas in Mewat, North India.10. Maitreya's Boundless Gaze: The Religious Implications of Maitreya Megas-Statues.Part Four: Theory and Method11. Contemporary Creations and Re-cognitions of Sacred Sites.12. Is Sacred Site Discovered? Or Created?: A Case Study of Daesoon Jinrihoe.13. Transformation of Admiral to the Sainthood and Sacred Stories of Chinese Sanctum Sanctorum from Malabar Coast.
- Publisher Details:
- Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:
- 2021
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 203.5
Sacred space -- Cross-cultural studies
Legends -- Cross-cultural studies
Oral tradition -- Cross-cultural studies - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9783030565220
- Related ISBNs:
- 9783030565213
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