Religious Architecture: Anthropological Perspectives

by Oskar Verkaaik

Borrowing from a range of theories on spacemaking and material religion, and with contributions from anthropologists working in the United Kingdom, Mali, Brazil, Spain, and Italy, this fascinating and comprehensive study develops an anthropological perspective on modern religious architecture including mosques, churches, and synagogues. Religious Architecture examines how religious buildings take their place in opposition to their secular surroundings...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 908964511X
• ISBN13: 9789089645111
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"