Religious Representation in Place

Arnold Benz, Astronomy, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Pierre Bühler, Systematic Theology, University of Zurich, Switzerland Carla Danani, Political Philosophy, Università degli Studi di Macerata, Italy Carl Fingerhut, Architecture, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany Franco Farinelli, Geography, Università di Bologna, Italy Mark K. George, Hebrew Bible, Iliff School of Theology, USA Monika Glavac, Study of Religion, University of Zurich, Switzerland Anna-Katharina Höpflinger, Study of Religion, University of Zurich, Switzerland Jacob N. Kinnard, Comparative Religious Though, Iliff School of Theology, USA Remo Largo, Paediatrics, Kinderspital Zurich, Switzerland Marie-Therese Mäder, Study of Religion, University of Zurich, Switzerland Christl Maier, Old Testament Studies, Universität Marburg, Germany Tommi Mendel, Study of Religion, University of Zurich, Switzerland Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati, Study of Religion, University of Zurich, Switzerland S. Brent Plate, Religious Studies, Hamilton College, USA Katherine Rousseau, Theology, Philosophy, and Cultural Theory, University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology, USA

"Addressed both to practitioners and scholars, this highly unusual and significant book opens with a theoretical exploration of space as it is interrelated to religion in generating meaning in human life. It then explores examples of meaning's emergence from these reciprocal interactions. Finally, it interrogates these phenomena through interdisciplinary essays from astrophysics, religious studies, architecture, philosophy, urban planning, psychology, art history, and hermeneutics. Here unity of thought is refracted through multiple perspectives to yield a work of high achievement and lasting value." - George Hoover, FAIA, Architect, Professor Emeritus, Architecture, University of Colorado, USA

• Introduction; Mark K. George and Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati PART I: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS FOR APPROACHING SPACE 1. How Children Develop an Understanding of Space; Remo Largo 2. Meaningless Cosmos?; Arnold O. Benz 3. Faith and the Map; Franco Farinelli 4. The Human Dwelling: A Philosophical Question around Places and Space; Carla Danani PART II: REPRESENTING SPACE IN ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL CONTEXTS 5. Analyzing Embodied Space in Ancient Israel's Tabernacle; Mark K. George 6. Sacred Spaces in the Book of Hosea: A Case-Study on the Intersection of Gender, Space, and the Sacred in Ancient Israel; Christl Maier 7. Mapping Our Last Places: Apocalyptic Space and Eschatological Imagery at Chartres; Katherine Rousseau 8. Invisible Spaces between Cosmology and Biography: An Approach to the Otherworld in Visual Media; Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati PART III : REPRESENTING SPACE IN CONTEMPORARY CONTEXTS 9. Ornament and the Other: The Reproduction of Muslim–Christian Spaces in Andalusia and Beyond; S. Brent Plate10. Monika Glavac, 'Places of Ridicule: Spatial Differentiation of the European Caricature; S. Brent Plate 11. In Search of Orientation in Cinematic Spaces: The Motif of Journey in Fiction Film; Marie-Therese Mäder 12. Clothing as a Meaningful Marker of Space; Anna-Katharina Höpflinger 13. Multiple Spaces in Modern Pilgrimages; Tommi Mendel 14. Spatiality and Spirituality: In Search of a Spiritual City; Carl Fingerhut 15. The Ambiguities of Preservation: Bodhgaya as a UNESCO World Heritage Site; Jacob Kinnard Conclusion Reflections on Engaging Religion and Spatial Studies; Pierre Bühler