Place/No-Place in Urban Asian Religiosity

This book discusses Asia's rapid pace of urbanization, with a particular focus on new spaces created by and for everyday religiosity. The essays in this volume - covering topics from the global metropolises of Singapore, Bangalore, Seoul, Beijing, and Hong Kong to the regional centers of Gwalio...

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Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors Waghorne, Joanne Punzo (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
SeriesARI - Springer Asia Series, 5
Subjects
Social sciences.
Religion.
Urban geography.
Urban planning.
City planning.
Religion and sociology.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9789811003851
ISSN2367-105X ;
DOI10.1007/978-981-10-0385-1
Physical DescriptionXII, 229 p. 11 illus. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction-Negotiating Place, Non-Place, and No-Place
  • 2. From Megachurches to the Invisible Temple: Placing the Protestant "Church" in the Seoul Metropolitan Area
  • 3. No-Place, New Places: Death and its Rituals in Urban Asia
  • 4. Alone Together: Global Gurus, Cosmopolitan Space, and Community
  • 5. On Daoism and Religious Networks in a Digital Age
  • 6. Losing the Neighborhood Temple (Or Finding the Temple and Losing the Neighborhood): Transformations of Temple Space in Modern Beijing
  • 7. Roadside Shrines, Storefront Saints, and Twenty-First Century Lifestyles: The Cultural and Spatial Thresholds of Indian Urbanism
  • 8. Cosmopolitan Spaces, Local Pathways: Making a Place for Soka Gakkai in Singapore
  • 9. Neighborhood Associations in Urban India: Intersection of Religion and Space in Civic Participation
  • 10. Making Places for Vivekananda in Gwalior: Local leadership, National Concerns, and Global Vision
  • 11. Carving Place: Foundational Narratives from a North Indian Market Town.

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