American Sacred SpaceDavid Chidester, Edward T. Linenthal Indiana University Press, 22. nov. 1995 - 352 sider In a series of pioneering studies, this book examines the creation—and the conflict behind the creation—of sacred space in America. The essays in this volume visit places in America where economic, political, and social forces clash over the sacred and the profane, from wilderness areas in the American West to the Mall in Washington, D.C., and they investigate visions of America as sacred space at home and abroad. Here are the beginnings of a new American religious history—told as the story of the contested spaces it has inhabited. |
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... Ameri- can patriotic landscape . As an examination of the construction of this mu- seum demonstrates , sacred places are places of memory . The significance of memory for sacred space in America is nowhere better revealed than in ...
... Ameri- cans on reservations and thereby contributes to their survival as na- tions .... " Such a land base helps preserve tribal identity and , in a world in which their power is very limited , " ultimately gives bargaining power to ...
... Ameri- can pilgrims . As one commentator observed , " Like pilgrims contemplat- ing a joyous vision , millions of black Americans are trying to gauge the long - term effects of Mr. Mandela's visit to the United States . " Second , among ...