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Routledge
Borrowing from a range of theories on spacemaking and material religion, and with contributions from anthropologists working in the United Kingdom, Mali, Brazil, Spain, and Italy, this fascinating and comprehensive study develops an anthropological perspective on modern religious architecture including mosques, churches, and synagogues. Religious Architecture examines how religious buildings take... Read more
Religious Architecture, Stability, Continuity, Place, The Biggest Mosque in Europe!, Golden Storm, Works of Penance, Divining Siddhivinayak, The Djenné Mosque, The New Morabitun Mosque of Granada and the Sensational Practices of Al Andaluz, The Israelite Temple of Florence, The Mosque in Britain Finding its Place, About the Authors, Index
Biography
Oskar Verkaaik is associate professor affiliated with the Department of Anthropology of the University of Amsterdam.
