TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ilia M. Rodov
PY  - 2022
CY  - Lausanne, Switzerland
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9781433194337
TI  - Enshrining the Sacred
T2  - Microarchitecture in Ritual Spaces
DO  - 10.3726/b19228
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1216147
N2  - This volume explores receptacles housing objects with divine or supernatural powers attributed to them. It offers pioneering comparative insights regarding the focal ritual structures in sacred places of world religions, including Catholic Sacrament houses and architectural altarpieces, Jewish Torah arks, Islamic mihrabs, Vietnamese household shrines, and Japanese butsudans. The publication elucidates artistic expressions, liturgical practices, and customary behaviors which distinguish abodes of divine or sacred contents. The chapters sound the voices of experts in religious architecture around the world and provide an encyclopedic scope of knowledge on the subject. Whereas each chapter focuses on a certain period, area, or tradition, the entire collection draws a comparative, cross-cultural, and multi- and interdisciplinary image of smaller-scale architectural objects of spiritual devotion.
KW  - Shrines, microarchitecture, ritual architecture, Sacrament houses, Tabernacles, Torah arks, mihrabs, butsudan, household altars
LA  - English
ER  -