The sacred in the city / edited by Liliana Gḿez and Walter van Herck ; contributors Sigurd Bergmann [and thirteen others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gḿez, Liliana, editor.

Herck, Walter van, 1962- editor.

Bergmann, Sigurd, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Cities and towns.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Place of Publication:

London, England ; New York : Continuum, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book reflects the way in which the city interacts with the sacred in all its many guises, with religion and the human search for meaning in life. As the process of urbanization of society is accelerating thus giving an increasing importance to cities and the 'metropolis', it is relevant to investigate the social or cultural cohesion that these urban agglomerations manifest. Religion is keenly observed as witnessing a growth, crucially impacting cultural and political dynamics, as well as determining the emergence of new sacred symbols and their inscription in urban spaces worldwide. The s

Contents:

""Title page""; ""Copyright page""; ""Contents""; ""Notes on Contributors ""; ""Framing the Sacred in the City: An Introduction""; ""The City ""; ""The Sacred ""; ""Mapping the Sacred in the City: An Overview ""; ""Bibliography ""; ""Part One The Sacred and the City: -Theoretical Approaches""; ""Chapter 1 Sacred Horror Vacui. A Philosophical Reflection""; ""Two Exemplary Places ""; ""Place and Non-place in Supermodernity ""; ""Losing the Sacred ""; ""Consensual Unity versus Ritual Unity ""; ""Retrieving the Sacred ""; ""Non-place and the Urban Jungle ""

""Craving for Recognition in the City. Towards a Deepened Understanding of the Complexities of Plural""""Precious Public Space ""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography ""; ""Chapter 2 The Urbanization of Society: Towards a Cultural Analysis of the Sacred in the Mo""; ""On the Conceptual History of the Sacred ""; ""The Sacred and the Modern Metropolis ""; ""The Sacred and the Modern Metropolis ""; ""Sacred Sociology as a Cultural Analysis of Modern Society ""; ""The Everyday Life and the Urbanization of Society ""; ""Towards a Cultural Analysis of the Sacred in the Modern Metropolis ""; ""Notes ""

""Bibliography """"Chapter 3 The Lingering Smell of Incense: Exploring Post-secular Public Space""; ""Urban Public Space ""; ""The Post-secular City ""; ""Atheist Buses in the Streets of London ""; ""Republican and Communitarian Conceptions of the Public ""; ""Liberal Approaches ""; ""Post-secular Public Space ""; ""Notes ""; ""Bibliography ""; ""Part Two Religion, Built Environments and Urban Societies""; ""Chapter 4 Religion in the Built Environment: Aesth/Ethics, Ritual and Memory in Lived Urban Space""; ""The Sacred in the Non-sacred ""; ""Lived Religion in Lived Space ""

""Aesth/ethics """"Ritualization""; ""Remembrance versus Urban Amnesia ""; ""�In a land that I will show you� ""; ""Notes ""; ""Bibliography ""; ""Chapter 5 Kinhin in a Megacity - Implicit Meanings of the �Walking-in-the-Park�-Mov""; ""Preliminary Remarks ""; ""The �Walking-in-the-Park�-Movement - A Short Introduction ""; ""The �Walking-in-the-Park�-Movement and its Buddhist Spirit ""; ""The �Walking-in-the-Park�-Movement and Its Implicit References to Monja Coen�s Biography ""; ""The �Walking-in-the-Park�-Movement against the Hostile Conditions of a Megacity ""

""The �Walking-in-the-Park�-Movement as a Symbolic Expression of Contemporary Brazilian Buddhism""""Concluding Remarks ""; ""Notes ""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 6 Life Stance and Religious Identity in an Urbanized World: The Meaning of Life as""; ""Making Sense in the City1 ""; ""Augustine on the Human Predicament ""; ""The Old and the New Worlds ""; ""New Themes and Engagements ""; ""Note""; ""Bibliography ""; ""Part Three Sacred Symbols, Sacred Spaces""; ""Chapter 7 Sacred Symbols of the City: Babel, Barbara and their Towers""; ""Introduction""

""The Tower of Babel as an Icon of Cultural Criticism and Political Resistance ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781441183941

1441183949

9781441188106

144118810X

OCLC:

893331643