Announcing the publication of Place/No-Place in Urban Asian Religiosity edited by Joanne Punzo Waghorne, ARI-Springer Asian Series. Dordrecht/Heidelberg/London/New York: Springer, 2016.
The volume developed from an international conference held at Syracuse organized by Ann Gold, Gareth Fisher and Joanne Waghorne with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the Central New York Humanities Corridor. The volume published through the Asia Research Institute (National University of Singapore) ARI-Springer series remains Syracuse-rich with chapters by Ann Gold and Gareth Fisher plus work of our alums Yohan Yoo and Juliana Finucane and a recent PhD from anthropology, Madhura Lohokare.
Contents
- Introduction: Negotiating Place, Non-place, and No-Place—Joanne Punzo Waghorne
- From Megachurches to the Invisible Temple: Placing the Protestant “Church” in the Seoul Metropolitan Area—Yohan Yoo
- No-Place, New Places: Death and Its Rituals in Urban Asia—Lily Kong
- Alone Together: Global Gurus, Cosmopolitan Space, and Community—Joanne Punzo Waghorne
- On Daoism and Religious Networks in a Digital Age—Jean DeBernardi
- Losing the Neighborhood Temple (Or Finding the Temple and Losing the Neighborhood): Transformations of Temple Space in Modern Beijing—Gareth Fisher
- Roadside Shrines, Storefront Saints, and Twenty-First Century Lifestyles: The Cultural and Spatial Thresholds of Indian Urbanism—Smriti Srinivas
- Cosmopolitan Spaces, Local Pathways: Making a Place for Soka Gakkai in Singapore— Juliana Finucane
- Neighborhood Associations in Urban India: Intersection of Religion and Space in Civic Participation— Madhura Lohokare
- Making Places for Vivekananda in Gwalior: Local Leadership, National Concerns, and Global Vision— Daniel Gold
- Carving Place: Foundational Narratives from a North Indian Market Town—Ann Grodzins Gold
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Place/No-Place in Urban Asian Religiosity (ARI - Springer Asia Series)Jul 15, 2016 Edited by Joanne Punzo Waghorne ISBN:9789811003844