{"product_id":"politics-of-sacred-places","title":"Politics of Sacred Places","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Sacred Places\u003c\/i\u003e is a study of the socio-political dimensions of sacred sites in Israel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e–\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePalestine, drawing on over 20 years of in-depth ethnographic research which introduces cutting-edge theories on secularization, struggles for recognition, and diversity issues.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book focuses on contemporary sacred sites and their socio-political meanings for minorities within a hegemonic and a secularizing state-system. It argues that sacred places provide a space that is less scrutinized by the state and where alternative visions of the socio-political may be produced.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA plethora of sites and case studies are examined, including the rural shrine of Maqam abu al-Hijja in the lower Galilee, the Mosque of Hassan Bek in the heart of Tel Aviv-Jaffa and the most disputed sacred place in the region, the Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem. These sites are explored through mostly a phenomenological lens and in various contexts, from the individual body to the global.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book offers a critical-analytical study of the socio-political aspects of sacred sites in contemporary societies within the broader understanding of scale and the spatial turn in the study of religion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54249250554200,"sku":"9781350295766","price":36.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781350295766.jpg?v=1765656037","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/politics-of-sacred-places","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}