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Book SynopsisHow do we understand religious spaces? What is their role or function within specific religious traditions or with respect to religious experience? This handbook brings together thirty-three essays addressing these questions using a range of methods and approaches to examine specific spaces or types of spaces around the world and across time.
Trade Review[O]verall, this volume will be of real value to many different sorts of readers. Truly global in its coverage and seeking to tell a story that begins in the Neolithic and ends in the present day, The Oxford Handbook of Religious Space is impressive in both its ambition and its scope. * Journal of Anglican Studies *
This is an excellent read for a broad range of scholars and students interested in novel approaches to research about religious space, both past and present. * Gabriella Voss, Religious Studies Review *
