The City as a sacred center: essays on six Asian contexts

Name: The City as a sacred center: essays on six Asian contexts
Author: edited by Bardwell Smith and Holly Baker Reynolds

Author

edited by Bardwell Smith and Holly Baker Reynolds

Publisher

E.J. Brill

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Title and Author

The City as a sacred center: essays on six Asian contexts / edited by Bardwell Smith and Holly Baker Reynolds

Publication Details

لیدن : E.J. Brill، 1987م

Physical Description

viii, 139 p.: ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject

Cities and towns Religious aspects
Religion and sociology - Asia
Asia Religion

series

(International studies in sociology and social anthropology,0074-8684؛ 46)

Language

فارسی

Notes

Includes bibliographies and index.

Contents

The city as a sacred center / Diana L. Eck -- Madurai, Koyil Nakar / Holly Baker Reynolds -- Shifting metaphors of sacrality, the mythic dimensions of Anuradhapura -- The pursuit of equilibrium, Polonnaruva as a ceremonial center / Bardwell Smith -- Heaven, earth, and the supernatural world / Michael Aung-Thwin -- The northern Thai city as a sacred center / Donald K. Swearer -- Traditional Peking / Jeffrey F. Meyer

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