Places in Motion - The Fluid Identities of Temples, Images, and Pilgrims

Jacob Kinnard offers an in-depth examination of the complex dynamics of religiously charged places. He argues that places are sacred because we make them sacred, and that they remain in perpetual motion, transforming themselves from moment to moment and generation to generation.

About the author

Jacob N. Kinnard is Professor of Comparative Religions at Iliff School of Theology.

Summary

Jacob Kinnard offers an in-depth examination of the complex dynamics of religiously charged places. He argues that places are sacred because we make them sacred, and that they remain in perpetual motion, transforming themselves from moment to moment and generation to generation.

Additional text

Jacob Kinnard sets his sights on a place, and sits and watches that place over time, observing shifts in light, the movements of people cutting across the frame, and ultimately takes note of the ways people gather together. These chapters are like long exposure photographs, with the resulting image capturing the blurs of activity of many people for many purposes over time. By seeing places in motion, Kinnard also puts scholarship in motion. A rich take on space through time.

Product details

• Authors: Jacob N. Kinnard, Jacob N. (Professor of Comparative Religi Kinnard, Kinnard Jacob N.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.06.2014
• EAN: 9780199359653
• ISBN: 978-0-19-935965-3
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, comparative religion, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, RELIGION / Psychology of Religion, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Organizational theory & behaviour, Social, group or collective psychology, Social and cultural anthropology, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals, Organizational theory and behaviour