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Sanctifying texts, transforming rituals : encounters in liturgical studies : essays in honour of Gerard A.M. Rouwhorst /
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Sanctifying Texts, Transforming Rituals: Encounters in Liturgical Studies explores the dynamics of Christian ritual practices in their relation to a broader cultural framework. The nineteen essays, written in honour of the liturgist Gerard A.M. Rouwhorst (Tilburg University), study liturgical developments in times of transition, in which religious and cultural changes set the development of worship practices in motion. The chapters in the first part (Texts) concentrate on the close connection between narrative texts and liturgical practice. In part two (Rituals), the focus shifts to the significance of liturgy as it expresses itself in rituals, and to the understanding of ritual acting. This section includes a variety of ritual aspects of liturgy, including the performance of the sacraments and the persons involved, as well as the relation between the liturgical ritual and material objects, such as images and relics. Section three (Encounters) crosses the borders of the discipline of liturgical studies. This final section of the book studies (ritual) relations between Christians and non-Christians through history, and includes contributions that study the dialogues between different liturgical languages and media. Contributors are: Elizabeth Boddens Hosang, Paul Bradshaw, Harald Buchinger, Charles Caspers, Paul van Geest, Bert Groen, Martin Klöckener, Bart Koet, Clemens Leonhard, Ruben van Luijk, Gerard Lukken, Daniela Müller, Willemien Otten, Marcel Poorthuis, Paul Post, Ilia Rodov, Els Rose, Joshua Schwartz, Louis van Tongeren, and Nienke Vos.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004347083 :
2352-5746 ; :
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Ethics of Alaska Travel Writing since 1959 : An Ecocritical Study /
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This book digs into environmental themes in Alaska travel writing since U.S. statehood in 1959, drawing on the works of six authors including Barry Lopez, Jonathan Raban, Tom Lowenstein and others. Each work, though disparate in style, advocates for the empowerment of the Alaska Native people by connecting not only with diverse perspectives but with the lived realities in the geographical spaces that have formed them. In analyzing how these authors have succeeded in depicting the realities of alterities, and where they have perhaps fallen short by more recent standards, we may begin to carve out a system of ethics. This is important as fresh waves of travel writers search for their own place in the environmental conversations surrounding the ever-evolving, 21st century Arctic and its place on the front lines of a changing climate.
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1 online resource (314 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004734807
Egyptianizing figurines from Delos : a study in Hellenistic religion /
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This book investigates Hellenistic popular religion through an interdisciplinary study of terracotta figurines of Egyptian deities, mostly from domestic contexts, from the trading port of Delos. A comparison of the figurines' iconography to parallels in Egyptian religious texts, temple reliefs, and ritual objects suggests that many figurines depict deities or rituals associated with Egyptian festivals. An analysis of the objects' clay fabrics and manufacturing techniques indicates that most were made on Delos. Additionally, archival research on unpublished notes from early excavations reveals new data on many figurines' archaeological contexts, illuminating their roles in both domestic and temple cults. The results offer a new perspective on Hellenistic reinterpretations of Egyptian religion, as well as the relationship between "popular" and "official" cults.
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1 online resource (xix, 731 pages, [80] pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
9789004222663 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
The making of Islamic art : studies in honour of Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom
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1. Old Mosques : Destroyed, Lost and Transformed in 20th- and 21st-Century India / Catherine B. Asher
2. The 'Arraf Mosque in Dhu Jibla / Barbara Finster
3. Monumentality en Miniature : On two dome-shaped carpet weights - mir-I farsh / Kjeld von Folsach
4. 'The View from Above' : Muslim Perceptions of the Turks of Syria and the Jazira in the Period 1070 to 1176 / Carole Hillenbrand
5. The Multiple Faces of Restoration in the Medieval Islamic Architecture of Central Asia / Robert Hillenbrand
6. A Damascus Room in Los Angeles / Linda Komaroff
7. Rubbish, Recycling and Repair : Perspectives on the Portable Arts of the Islamic Middle East / Marcus Milwright
8. A Copper-Alloy Plate with Architectural Imagery in Berlin... and Jerusalem? / Lawrence Nees
9. Looking Inside the Book : Doublures of the Mamluk Period / Alison Ohta
10. Taj al-Din 'Alishah : The Reconstruction of his Mosque Complex at Tabriz / Bernard O'Kane
11. Once More Cosmophilia : Facing the Truth, Later / Simon O'Meara
12. The Making, Unmaking and Making Sense of an Illustration from an Imperial Mughal Akbarnama / Laura E. Parodi
13. The Use of Metals in Islamic Manuscripts / Cheryl Porter
14. Telling Stories : Artists' Books in the Collection of the British Museum / Venetia Porter
15. The Freer Beaker in Text and Image / Marianna Shreve Simpson
16. When Muslims Died in China / Nancy Steinhardt
17. Abu'l-Fazl's Description of Akbar's 'House of Depiction' / Wheeler M. Thackston
18. 'Migration Theory' in Islamic Pottery / Oliver Watson ? Appendix: Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom : a Combined Bibliography