Archaeology and world religion
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
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2001.
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: List of figures viii
- List of tables xi
- List of contributors xii
- Acknowledgements xiii
- 1 Introduction: the archaeology of world religion
- TIMOTHY INSOLL
- Definitions and objectives 1
- An approach to the archaeology of world religion? 3
- Negative approaches to archaeology and world religion 10 Positive approaches to archaeology and world religion 16
- The individual chapters 23
- References 28
- 2 The archaeology of Hinduism 33
- DILIP CHAKRABARTI
- Introduction. A difference in perception: the West vis-a-vis the practising Hindu 33
- The problem of delimiting an archaeological approach 35
- Archaeological evidencefor rituals, symbols, and deities known to modern Hinduism 35
- The implications of the archaeological evidence 51
- Sacred space and continuity. The dimensions of sacred space in the Indian countryside 53
- Sacred space and archaeology 55
- The variables behind the growth and continuity of a major pilgrim centre: ancient Varanasi 57
- Conclusions 58
- References 59
- 3 The archaeology of Buddhism 6 I
- ROBIN CONINGHAM
- Introduction 61
- The life of the Buddha: a textual narrative 63
- The life of the Buddha: an archaeological narrative 65
- A review of the typology of Buddhist monuments 70
- The case studies 80
- Conclusion: towards an archaeology of Buddhism 87
- References 91
- 4 The archaeology ofJudaism 96
- RACHEL HACHLILI
- Introduction 96
- The synagogue 97
- Jewish burial customs 105
- Iconography and symbolism 112
- Inscriptions 117
- Dietary remains 119
- The traditional domestic environment 119
- Conclusions 120
- References 121
- 5 The archaeology of Islam 123
- TIMOTHY INSOLL
- Introduction 123
- Islam - unity and diversity 124
- The mosque 125
- The Muslim burial 129
- Muslim diet 131
- The traditional domestic environment 133
- The communiy environment 137
- A case study: the Cambridge mosque and cemetery 139
- Conclusions 144
- References 145
- 6 The archaeology of Christianity in global perspective 148
- PAUL LANE
- Introduction 148
- Archaeological approaches to the study of Christianity 149
- Interpreting Christian burials and iconography 151
- Mission, conversion, and the 'colonisation of consciousness' 153
- Churches and the archaeology of 'cult' 159
- Transformations of sacred space 164
- Monasticism and pilgrimage 170
- Time and the emergence of a Christian core 174
- Conclusions 176
- References 177
- 7 Ethics and the archaeology of world religions 182
- ANDERS BERGQUIST
- Introduction 182
- Religion, archaeology, and the sacred 182
- Case studies 186 Conclusions 190
- References 191
- 8 Gender in the archaeology of world religion? 193
- RACHEL MACLEAN
- Introduction 193
- Gender and world religion 194
- Gender and the archaeology of world religion 195
- Gods and goddesses/goddesses and gods 199
- Conclusions 200
- References 201
- 9 Death, being, and time: the historical context
- of the world religions 203
- MIKE PARKER PEARSON
- Introduction 203
- Technologies of belief 204
- Late Victorian theories of the origin and evolution of religion 205
- Death, being, and time 208
- Changing conceptions of the supernatural in the last 5,000years 209
- The questfor immortality on earth 210
- The rise of the world religions 213
- The rise of secular beliefs 214
- Conclusions 215
- References 218
- Index 221.
