Experiences of Place

by Ann Grodzins Gold, Mary Gerhart, Mary N. MacDonald

Book Overview

Place and orientation are important aspects of human experience. Place evokes geography and culture and conjures up history and myth. Place is not only a particular physical location but an idea, a mental construction that captures and directs the human relationship to the world.

The distinguished contributors to this volume invite us to reflect on the significance of places, real and imagined, in the religious traditions they study and on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0945454384
• ISBN13: 9780945454380
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 8.9"