Sacred Space, Sacred Thread: Perspectives across Time and Traditions - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1532635230 ISBN 13: 9781532635236

Publisher: Pickwick Publications, 2019

Synopsis

The insightful studies contained in this book will be of significant value to anyone interested in experiencing more deeply the intersections between materiality and spirituality. Part 1 introduces readers into Egyptian, Israelite, Christian, and Hindu temples, shrines, or sanctuaries. Part 2 helps readers understand how items of colored fabrics, clothing, robes, and veils, convey ritual meanings. Part 3 reports two panel discussions that exemplify the pathway of fruitful conversation.
Matter and spirit might seem to some to be polar opposites. But as these studies by distinguished and diverse scholars demonstrate, spiritual experiences are constructively defined and refined within the coordinates of place and time. Sacred space, as well as sacred cloth, define borders, but not necessarily boundaries, between the sacred and the profane. These material coordinates physically enclose and also spiritually disclose. They both symbolize and synergize, as they encompass and expansively inspire. These original and enjoyable presentations will help all readers to hold tenaciously to the tenets and also the tensions inherent in physical spiritual experiences.

About this title

About the Authors

John W. Welch is the Robert K. Thomas Professor of Law at Brigham Young University's J. Reuben Clark Law School, editor-in-chief of BYU Studies Quarterly, and a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at USC and with the John A. Widtsoe Foundation. Jacob Rennaker is Scholar in Residence and Director of the John A. Widtsoe Foundation.

Jacob Rennaker is Scholar in Residence and Director of the John A. Widtsoe Foundation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pickwick Publications
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1532635230
• ISBN 13: 9781532635236
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Welch John W.