The City as a sacred center
Subtitle: essays on six Asian contexts
By: edited by Bardwell Smith and Holly Baker Reynolds.
Contributors: Smith, Bardwell L., 1925-; Reynolds, Holly Baker.
Series: International studies in sociology and social anthropology,; v. 46
Publisher: E.J. Brill; Brill Academic Pub
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Leiden; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 139
Subjects: Cities and towns -- Religious aspects; Religion and sociology -- Asia; Asia -- Religion
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of contents: title: The city as a sacred center / Diana L. Eck; title: Madurai, Kōyil Nakar / Holly Baker Reynolds; title: Shifting metaphors of sacrality, the mythic dimensions of Anurādhapura; title: The pursuit of equilibrium, Polonnaruva as a ceremonial center / Bardwell Smith; title: Heaven, earth, and the supernatural world / Michael Aung-Thwin; title: The northern Thai city as a sacred center / Donald K. Swearer; title: Traditional Peking / Jeffrey F. Meyer.