Urban Religion: A Historical Approach to Urban Growth and Religious Change

by Jorg Rupke and Jörg Rüpke

So far religion has been seen as cause for dramatic developments in the history of cities, it has contributed to the monumentalisation of centres and or has given importance to ex-centric places. Very recently, anthropologists have been discovering religion in the contemporary global city. But still awaiting historical investigation is the specific urban character of religious ideas, practices and institutions and the role of urban space shaping...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110628686
• ISBN13: 9783110628685
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.3"