Sacred precincts : the religious architecture of non-Muslim communities across the Islamic world /

Sacred precincts : the religious architecture of non-Muslim communities across the Islamic world /

This book examines non-Muslim religious sites, structures and spaces in the Islamic world. It reveals a vibrant portrait of life in the religious sites by illustrating how architecture responds to contextual issues and traditions. Sacred Precincts explores urban context; issues of identity; design;...

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Other Authors: Gharipour, Mohammad (Editor), Guidetti, Mattia.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill, 2014.

Series: Arts and Archaeology of the Islamic World 3.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2014, ISBN: 9789004262485.

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Religious architecture > Islamic countries.
Architecture and society > Islamic countries.

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Call Number: NA4600 .S24 2014

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
  • Mohammad Gharipour
  • Introduction /
  • Mohammad Gharipour
  • Churches Attracting Mosques: Religious Architecture in Early Islamic Syria /
  • Mattia Guidetti
  • To Condone or to Contest?: Ethnic Identity and Religious Architecture in The Gambia /
  • Steven Thomson
  • Jigo: The Essence of the Non-Tangible Architecture of the Hausa Traditional Religion /
  • A.A. Muhammad-Oumar
  • Muslims Viewed as 'Non-Muslims': The Alevi Precincts of Anatolia /
  • Angela Andersen
  • Identity and Style: Armenian-Ottoman Churches in the Nineteenth Century /
  • Alyson Wharton
  • Apportioning Sacred Space in a Moroccan City: The Case of Tangier, 1860-1912 /
  • Susan Gilson Miller
  • Politics of Place in the Middle East and World Heritage Status for Jerusalem /
  • Elvan Cobb
  • Devotional and Artistic Responses to Contested Space in Old Cairo: The Case of Al-Mu'allaqah /
  • Erin Maglaque
  • Sacred Geometries: The Dynamics of 'Islamic' Ornament in Jewish and Coptic Old Cairo /
  • Ann Shafer
  • Synagogues of Isfahan: The Architecture of Resignation and Integration /
  • Mohammad Gharipour and Rafael Sedighpour
  • Gothic Portability: The Crimean Memorial Church, Istanbul and the Threshold of Empire /
  • Ayla Lepine
  • A Catholic Church in an Islamic Capital: Historicism and Modernity in the St Antoine Church /
  • Ebru Özeke Tökmeci
  • Cultural Horizontality: Auguste Perret in the Middle East /
  • Karla Cavarra Britton
  • Through a Glass Brightly: Christian Communities in Palestine and Arabia During the Early Islamic Period /
  • Karen C. Britt
  • The Miracle of Muqattam: Moving a Mountain to Build a Church in Fatimid Egypt /
  • Jennifer Pruitt
  • The Catholic Consecration of an Islamic House: The St John de Matha Trinitarian Hospital in Tunis /
  • Clara Ilham Álvarez Dopico
  • Armenian Merchant Patronage of New Julfa's Sacred Spaces /
  • Amy Landau and Theo Maarten van Lint
  • The Tofre Begadim Synagogue and the Non-Muslim Policy of the Late Ottoman Empire /
  • Meltem Özkan Altınöz
  • (Re)Creating a Christian Image Abroad: The Catholic Cathedrals of Protectorate-Era Tunis /
  • Daniel E. Coslett
  • Khidr and the Politics of Translation in Mosul: Mar Behnam, St George and Khidr Ilyas /
  • Ethel Sara Wolper
  • Muslim Influences in Post-Arab Malta: The Hal Millieri Church /
  • David Mallia
  • St Sophia in Nicosia, Cyprus: From a Lusignan Cathedral to an Ottoman Mosque /
  • Suna Guven
  • Maribayasa: Negotiating Gold, Spirits and Islamic Renewal in a Malian Islamic Borderland /
  • Esther Kuhn
  • Building as Propaganda: A Palimpsest of Faith and Power in the Maghreb /
  • Jorge Correia
  • The Cathedral of Ani, Turkey: From Church to Monument /
  • Heghnar Z. Watenpaugh
  • Glossary /
  • Mohammad Gharipour
  • Bibliography /
  • Mohammad Gharipour
  • Index /
  • Mohammad Gharipour.