Handbook Of Religion And The Asian City
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Handbook of Religion and the Asian City
Author | : Peter van der Veer |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 484 |
Release | : 2015-05-19 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0520281225 |
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"Handbook of Religion and the Asian City highlights the creative and innovative role of urban aspirations in Asian world cities. It points out that urban politics and governance are often about religious boundaries and processions--in short, that public religion is politics. The essays show how projects of secularism come up against projects and ambitions of a religious nature, a particular form of contestation that takes the city as its public arena. Asian cities are sites of speculation, not only for those who invest in real estate but also for those who look for housing, for employment, and for salvation. In its potential and actual mobility, the sacred creates social space in which they all can meet. Handbook of Religion and the Asian City makes the comparative case that one cannot study the historical patterns of urbanization in Asia without paying attention to the role of religion in urban aspirations"--Provided by publisher.
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