Making Places Sacred - New Articulations of Place and Power

This Element highlights how sacred space is newly made, often associated with blood, death, and geographic anomalies, yet no single feature determines sacred associations. It also examines the multidimensional and multisensory dimensions of sacred space, which can be made almost anywhere, including online, but can also be unmade.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Sacred for whom?; 2. Blood and death make places sacred; 3. Natural features and the sacred; 4. Performing the sacred; 5. The body - the most vulnerable sacred site; 6. Sacred space is multidimensional; 7. Sacred space is multisensory; 8. Sacred space can be unmade; 9. Sacred space reaffirms the human; Conclusion; References.

Product details

• Authors: Matt (Australian National University) Z Tomlinson, Tomlinson Matt, Yujie Zhu
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2025
• EAN: 9781009616324
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0961632-4
• No. of pages: 70
• Series: Elements in New Religious Movements
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Places & peoples: general & pictorial works, RELIGION / History, Spirituality & religious experience, Alternative belief systems, Worship, rites & ceremonies, Spirituality and religious experience, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals, Aspects Of Religion (Non-Christian), Religious sites / Holy or sacred places