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Holy ground : re-inventing ritual space in modern western culture / Paul Post & Arie L. Molendijk (eds.)

Contributor(s): Post, Paul, 1953- | Molendijk, Arie L
Material type: TextTextSeries: Liturgia condenda: 24.Publisher: Lueven ; Walpole, MA : Peeters, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Description: viii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9789042921788 (pbk.); 9042921781 (pbk.)Subject(s): Sacred space -- Congresses | Memorials -- CongressesDDC classification: 203/.5 Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Place of action : exploring the study of space, ritual and religion / Paul Post -- The notion of the "sacred" / Arie L. Molendijk -- Shadowed ground, sacred place : reflections on violence, tragedy, memorials and public commemorative rituals / Kenneth Foote -- Public practices of commemorative mourning : ritualized space, politicized space, mediated space : three cases from The Netherlands / Irene Stengs -- Collective memorial rituals in a Dutch landscape / Judith Tonnaer -- Recycling sacred space : the fate of financially burdensome and redundant churches in The Netherlands / Justin E.A. Kroesen -- Place and community : the sacramentality of sacred space and the new Cathedral of Oakland, California / Lizette Larson-Miller -- Space for silence : the interplay between space and ritual in rooms of silence / Jorien Holsappel-Brons -- Hierarchies of holiness : the Mormon Temple in Zoetermeer, The Netherlands / Wouter E.A. van Beek -- Ritual space and ritual gesture : three types of ritual communication in throwing coins into the water / Eric Venbrux.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library Midrange BL580 .H65 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182903321236

"Contains the proceedings of the international workshop Holy ground ... held at the University of Groningen, October 25-26, 2007"--Introduction.

Includes bibliographical references.

Place of action : exploring the study of space, ritual and religion / Paul Post -- The notion of the "sacred" / Arie L. Molendijk -- Shadowed ground, sacred place : reflections on violence, tragedy, memorials and public commemorative rituals / Kenneth Foote -- Public practices of commemorative mourning : ritualized space, politicized space, mediated space : three cases from The Netherlands / Irene Stengs -- Collective memorial rituals in a Dutch landscape / Judith Tonnaer -- Recycling sacred space : the fate of financially burdensome and redundant churches in The Netherlands / Justin E.A. Kroesen -- Place and community : the sacramentality of sacred space and the new Cathedral of Oakland, California / Lizette Larson-Miller -- Space for silence : the interplay between space and ritual in rooms of silence / Jorien Holsappel-Brons -- Hierarchies of holiness : the Mormon Temple in Zoetermeer, The Netherlands / Wouter E.A. van Beek -- Ritual space and ritual gesture : three types of ritual communication in throwing coins into the water / Eric Venbrux.

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