The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion, Space and Place
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion, Space and Place
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Description
This interdisciplinary Handbook addresses emerging and contemporary themes, challenges and possibilities in the study of religion, space and place, from climate change to social memory, and from tourism to virtual worlds.
Over 35 research-led chapters cover a range of theoretical, methodological and disciplinary perspectives (both conceptual and empirical) to ensure that the Handbook will be a reference point for scholars and students searching for innovative engagements with critical issues relating to religion, place and space.
The Handbook is divided into nine thematic sections, which offer wide ranging interpretations of 'space':
· Theories and methods
· Pilgrimage
· Digital mediation
· Diasporic Space
· Place-making
· Well-being
· Heritage and social memory
· Sustainability
· The City.
The case studies are drawn from across the Global North and Global South including Australia, Brazil, Ghana, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Lebanon, New Zealand, Pakistan and the UK and USA. The chapters address the role of religion as a significant site and occasion of place-making, border-crossing and social and political force in the lives of ordinary people.
Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction, John Eade (University of Roehampton, UK), Huma Mohibullah (Renton Technical College, USA), Paul-François Tremlett (The Open University, UK)
Part I. Mobilities and Mediations
1. Nowhere, Somewhere, or Everywhere? Images of Place and Placelessness in Megachurch Discourse, Ariane Kovac (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany)
2. Religion, Spatiality, and Infrastructure: From Routes of Passage to Remediations of Presence, Simon Coleman (University of Toronto, Canada)
3. Hands, Screens, Lenses and the Sacred: Smartphones as Co-Participants in Spiritual Assemblages, Gabriele Shenar (University of Sussex, UK)
4. Pilgrimage Souvenirs and the Construction of Sacred Spatial Imaginaries, Alana M. Vincent (Umeå Universitet, Sweden)
5. Kinetic Sites, (Un)Official Infrastructures and Non-Obvious Pilgrimages: Studies from Poland and Ghana, Kamila Baraniecka-Olszewska (Polish National Academy of Sciences, Poland), Anna Niedzwiedz (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
6. Entanglements of Manobo Indigenous Rituals and Cultural Performances in Everyday Life Amidst Ruptures, Bryan D. Celeste (Central Mindanao University, Philippines)
7. Spaces of Continuity and Change: Migrant Christianity and the Identity and Roles of Women in Minority Churches, Samuele Davide Molli (University of Milan, Italy)
Part II. Urban Transformations
8. Agglomerating Faiths: Religious Hubs and Spatial Challenges in Singapore, Emma Grimley, Lily Kong, Orlando Woods (Singapore Management University, Singapore)
9. Self-built Catholic Churches in 1980s Poland and Contemporary Neo-Pentecostal Churches in Brazil: Sapiential Spaces, Krzysztof Nawratek (University of Sheffield, UK)
10. The Space of Religion in Rural and Urban China, Daniel M. Murray (Ashoka University, India and Harvard Yenching Institute, USA)
11. Marginal Places in Early Monasticism and Psychogeography, Deborah Guess (University of Divinity, Australia)
12. Religion, Space and Atmospheres, Martin Radermacher, Dunja Sharbat Dar (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany)
Part III. Place-making and Utopias
13. European New Religious Movements' Heritage: A Sociological Perspective, Giovanna Rech (University of Padua, Italy)
14. Creating a Sacred Garden: An English Millenarian Case Study, Alastair Lockhart (University of Cambridge, UK)
15. The Jungles and the Oceans Call Ali: Placemaking and Justice in Qawwali, Hussein Rashid (Union Theological Seminary, USA)
16. Heterotopian Spaces of Refuge: Sheltering of Forced Migrants in a German Church and Mosque, 2013–2016, Vera Ericson von Bahr (Södertörn University, Sweden)
17. From Safe Spaces to Brave Spaces? Negotiating Meaning and Boundaries in Interfaith Youth Organizations in the UK, Lenita Törning (Uppsala University, Sweden)
18. The First Time a Meal is Shared Round a Table: Reproduction of Class Distinctions and Hospitality Spaces in Church of England Ministry, Sharon Jagger (York St John University, UK), Alex Fry (Bournemouth University, UK)
Part IV. Relationalities and Decolonialities
19. Religious Rituals, Memory and the Heritagisation of Cape Coast Castle, Francis Ethelbert Kwabena Benyah (University of Copenhagen, Denmark), Alicja Magdalena Matusiak (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
20. Yurumein and Balliceaux: Garifuna Religion, Space and Place in Historical and Contemporary Context, Christina Welch (University of Winchester, UK)
21. Religion and Heritage in Post-Secular Contexts: Cultural Artefacts, Restitution, and the Impact of Vatican II, Andrew P. Lynch (University of Sydney, Australia)
22. Settler Spiritualities of Place: New Zealand European Negotiations with a Sacred Mountain, Michaela Richards (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
23. No Place Like Home? A Relational and Material Approach to Religion in the Home, Mattias Brand (University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
24. Religion, Sacred Spaces and Environmentally Beneficent Attitudes: Lessons from Ghana's Boabeng Fiema Monkey Sanctuary, Seth Tweneboah (University of Education, Winneba, Ghana)
Notes
Index
Product details
| Published | Feb 04 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 544 |
| ISBN | 9781350528437 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 20 bw illus |
| Dimensions | 244 x 169 mm |
| Series | Bloomsbury Handbooks |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |

























