Iconic Religion in Urban Space |
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Authors: | kim knott volkhard krech birgit meyer |
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Affiliation: | 1. lancaster university, uk;2. ruhr-university, bochum, germany;3. utrecht university, netherlands |
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Abstract: | AbstractIn order to understand current dynamics of religious diversity, a focus on the tangible presence of religion and the co-existence of new and longstanding religious buildings, sites and artifacts in urban spaces is a fruitful starting point. Launching the notion of iconic religion, this introduction seeks to contribute to developing a scholarly framework for the nexus of religion and the city from a spatial, material, aesthetic and semiotic angle. Situated in the interface between matter and religious meaning, religious icons are not simply carriers of meaning, but make it present. |
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Keywords: | iconic religion urban diversity aesthetics and the senses materiality of urban space |
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