Pilgrims, patrons, and place : [electronic resource] localizing sanctity in Asian religions / Edited by Phyllis Granoff and Koichi Shinohara.
Material type: TextPublication details: Vancouver : UBC Press, 2003.Description: 1 online resourceISBN:- 0-7748-1038-6
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This book brings together essays by anthropologists, scholars ofreligion, and art historians on the subject of sacred place and sacredbiography in Asia. The chapters span a broad geographical area thatincludes India, Nepal, Thailand, Indonesia, and China, and exploreissues from the classical and medieval period to the present. They showhow sacred places have a plurality of meanings for all religiouscommunities and how in their construction, secular politics, privatereligious experience, and sectarian rivalry can all intersect.
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