Screen LibraryPlace/No-Place in Urban Asian Religiosity /
This book discusses Asia s rapid pace of urbanization, with a particular focus on new spaces created by and for everyday religiosity. The essays in this volume covering topics from the global metropolises of Singapore, Bangalore, Seoul, Beijing, and Hong Kong to the regional centers of Gwalior, Pune...
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Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Singapore : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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ARI - Springer Asia Series,
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0385-1 |
| Summary: |
This book discusses Asia s rapid pace of urbanization, with a particular focus on new spaces created by and for everyday religiosity. The essays in this volume covering topics from the global metropolises of Singapore, Bangalore, Seoul, Beijing, and Hong Kong to the regional centers of Gwalior, Pune, Jahazpur, and sites like Wudang Mountain examine in detail the spaces created by new or changing religious organizations that range in scope from neighborhood-based to consciously global. The definition of spatial aspects includes direct place-making projects such as the construction of new reli |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource(XII,229pages): illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9789811003851 |
| Index Number: | BL60 |
| CLC: | B911 |
| Contents: | 1. Introduction Negotiating Place, Non-Place, and No-Place -- 2. From Megachurches to the Invisible Temple: Placing the Protestant Church in the Seoul Metropolitan Area -- 3. No-Place, New Places: Death and its Rituals in Urban Asia -- 4. Alone Together: Global Gurus, Cosmopolitan Space, and Community -- 5. On Daoism and Religious Networks in a Digital Age -- 6. Losing the Neighborhood Temple (Or Finding the Temple and Losing the Neighborhood): Transformations of Temple Space in Modern Beijing -- 7. Roadside Shrines, Storefront Saints, and Twenty-First Century Lifestyles: The Cultural and Sp |