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After decades "in the shadows", urban lighting is re-emerging as a matter of public debate. Long-standing truths are increasingly questioned as a confluence of developments affects lighting itself and the way it is viewed. Light has become an integral element of place-making and energy-saving initiatives alike. Rapidly evolving lighting technologies are opening up new possibilities, but also posing new challenges to planners, and awareness is growing that artificial illumination is not purely benign but can actually constitute a form of pollution. As a result, public policy frameworks, incentives and initiatives are undergoing a phase of innovation and change that will affect how cities are lit for years to come.The first comprehensive compilation of current scientific discussions on urban lighting and light pollution from a social science and humanities perspective, Urban Lighting, Light Pollution and Society contributes to an evolving international debate on an increasingly controversial topic. The contributions draw a rich panorama of the manifold discourses connected with artificial illumination in the past and present – from early attempts to promote new lighting technologies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to current debates on restricting its excessive usage in public space and the protection of darkness. By bringing together a cross-section of current findings and debates on urban lighting and light pollution from a wide variety of disciplines, it reflects that artificial lighting is multifaceted in its qualities, utilisation and interpretation.Including case studies from the United States, Europe, and the UK, Urban Lighting, Light Pollution and Society is one of the first to take a serious assessment of light, pollution, and places and is a valuable resource for planners, policy makers and students in related subjects.

After decades "in the shadows", urban lighting is re-emerging as a matter of public debate. Long-standing truths are increasingly questioned as a confluence of developments affects lighting itself and the way it is viewed. Light has become an integral element of place-making and energy-saving initiatives alike. Rapidly evolving lighting technologies are opening up new possibilities, but also posing new challenges to planners, and awareness is growing that artificial illumination is not purely benign but can actually constitute a form of pollution. As a result, public policy frameworks, incentives and initiatives are undergoing a phase of innovation and change that will affect how cities are lit for years to come.The first comprehensive compilation of current scientific discussions on urban lighting and light pollution from a social science and humanities perspective, Urban Lighting, Light Pollution and Society contributes to an evolving international debate on an increasingly controversial topic. The contributions draw a rich panorama of the manifold discourses connected with artificial illumination in the past and present – from early attempts to promote new lighting technologies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to current debates on restricting its excessive usage in public space and the protection of darkness. By bringing together a cross-section of current findings and debates on urban lighting and light pollution from a wide variety of disciplines, it reflects that artificial lighting is multifaceted in its qualities, utilisation and interpretation.Including case studies from the United States, Europe, and the UK, Urban Lighting, Light Pollution and Society is one of the first to take a serious assessment of light, pollution, and places and is a valuable resource for planners, policy makers and students in related subjects.

Welche Praktiken, Gefühle und Selbstkonzepte verbinden sich mit dem Anspruch, bekehrt zu sein? Katharina Krause legt ein Beschreibungsmodell zur Erschließung bekehrungsfrommer Deutungs-, Emotions- und Körperkulturen vor. Dabei verfolgt sie nach, wie sich bekehrungsfromme Sinnstiftungen zu Weltsichten und Lebensformen aufschichten, und diskutiert unterschiedliche Möglichkeiten ihrer Verstetigung und Gefährdung. Das dabei entwickelte Analyseinstrument versteht sich als ein Beitrag zur Wiedergewinnung praktisch-theologischer Frömmigkeitsforschung. Es schließt an Einsichten der sozial- und kulturwissenschaftlichen Konversionsforschung an und bildet diese in der Auseinandersetzung mit einer exemplarischen Konstellation protestantischer Bekehrungsfrömmigkeit fort. Die ausgewerteten Text- und Bildquellen sowie die untersuchte materielle Kultur entstammen dem Umfeld des Puritanismus und Early Evangelicalism in den britischen Neuenglandkolonien des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts.Diese Arbeit wurde mit dem Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise 2019 ausgezeichnet.