Case Studies in Archaeology and World Religion

The Proceedings of the Cambridge Conference

£47.00
Editors:
Timothy Insoll
Publication Year:
1999
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860549567
Paperback:
187pp. Includes numerous photographs and drawings.
ISBN 10:
0860549569
BAR number:
S755
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Description

BOOK DESCRIPTION
Each of the twenty papers presented in this book is a case study utilising archaeological research, or the results thereof, as a means of furthering our understanding of World Religions, and more specifically with regard to Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam and Hinduism. The papers can be classified under five broad headlines: sacred space; theoretical issues; iconography; aspects of a religious whole; and archaeology and the development of Religions.

AUTHOR
Contributors include John Binns, Sandhya Chakrabarti, Silvia Codreanu-Windauer, Simon Coleman, Robin Coningham, David Edwards, Jas Elsner, Paulo Farias, William Frend, Rachel Hachlili, Rima Hooja, Alessandra Iyer, Nayanjot Lahiri, Paul Lane, Emma Loosley, Andrew Petersen, Kate Prendergast, Nandini Rao,Julia Shaw, Ruth Young.