Pilgrims, Patrons, and Place - Localizing Sanctity in Asian Religions

Anthropologists, religious scholars, and art historians contemplate sacred place and sacred biography in Asia to show how secular politics, religious experience, and sectarian rivalry intersect.

About the author

Phyllis Granoff and Koichi Shinohara are both professors in the Department of Religious Studies at McMaster University. Neil McMullin is the General Editor of the Buddha Dharma Kyokai Foundation books. He is a professor in the Department of Religion at the University of Toronto, Mississauga.

Summary

Anthropologists, religious scholars, and art historians contemplate sacred place and sacred biography in Asia to show how secular politics, religious experience, and sectarian rivalry intersect.

Product details

• Assisted by: Phyllis Granoff (Editor), Koichi Shinohara (Editor)
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2003
• EAN: 9780774810388
• ISBN: 978-0-7748-1038-8
• No. of pages: 392
• Weight: 700 g
• Illustrations: 31 b&w illustrations, 3 maps
• Series: Asian Religions and Society; Asian Religions and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous