Performing Religion in Public

by Claire Chambers, Joshua Edelman, Simon du Toit

From a South African Passion Play to Turkish Sufi tourism, from contemporary street preaching in America to public Hindu rites in India, from cloistered prayer in 17th century France to the queer politics of 'the closet' today, Performing Religion in Public brings together an international array of voices that grapple with the important role of religious performance in our secular public lives. Because traditional notions of the public sphere have...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137338628
• ISBN13: 9781137338624
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.6"