9788182902275 - Sacredscapes & Pilgrimage Systems de Singh, Rana P. B. (1 resultados)

16 tables, 51 figs Ilustrador. Contents Preface and acknowledgements ForewordDallen J Timothy 1 Sacredscapes and sense of geography some reflectionsRana PB Singh 2 Pilgrimage and literatureJamie S Scott 3 Sufi views on pilgrimage in IslamMuhammad Khalid Masud 4 The Architecture of light Between sacred geometry to biophotonic technologyAritia Poenaru and Traian D Stanciulescu 5 Kailash-the center of the worldTomo Vinscak and Danijela Smiljanic 6 Rolwaling a sacred Buddhist Valley in Nepalnajice Sacherer 7 Landscape memory and identity a case of Southwest ChinaZhou Dandan 8 The miracles of Mt Wutai Chaina the spirit of sacred place in BudhismJeffrey F Meyer 9 Sacred spaces pilgrimage and tourism at Muktinath NepalRana PB Singh and Padma C Poudel 10 The mythic landscape of Buddhist places of pilgrimages in IndiaRana PB Singh and Pravin S Rana 11 Current Jewish pilgrimage tourismCurrent Jewish pilgrimage-tourismNoga Collins Kreiner 12 The road to St James El Camino de Santiago the spirit of place and environmental ethicsKingsley K Wu 13 Sacred places of Japan sacred geography in the vicinity of the cities of Sendai and NaraJames a Swan IndexThe twelve essays deal with current debate in pilgrimage studies and spirit of place that helps to understand the deeper relationship between human psyche and sacred environment citing illustrations from different parts of the world like Canada China India Israel Nepal Pakistan Romania Spain and Tibet representing many religions linking locality with universality and narrating the prospective features These studies will pave the path of the newly emerging discipline of pilgrimage studies and heritage ecology 344 pp.