Sacred Space: Shrine, City, Land: Proceedings from the International Conference in Memory of Joshua Prawer
- ISBN-10
- 033366129X
- ISBN-13
- 9780333661291
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 344
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998-02-22
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Authors
- Benjamin Z. Kedar, R.J. Zwi Werblowsky
Description
Sacred Space: Shrine, City, Land - a collection of articles that deal with Holy Places from Antiquity to the present; from the lands of the Fertile Crescent to Europe, India, Japan and Mexico; from mountains and seas to temples, cities and countries; from the construction, perception and functioning of sacred sites to the psychotic breakdowns they bring on some visitors.
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