From Temple to Meeting House: The Phenomenology and Theology of Places of Worship (Religion and Society, 16)

The series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration of religions as social systems – both in Western and non-Western societies; in particular, it examines religions in their differentiation from, and intersection with, other cultural systems, such as art, economy, law and politics. Due attention is given to paradigmatic case or comparative studies that exhibit a clear theoretical orientation with the empirical and historical data of religion and such aspects of religion as ritual, the religious imagination, constructions of tradition, iconography, or media. In addition, the formation of religious communities, their construction of identity, and their relation to society and the wider public are key issues of this series. The most enduring monuments surviving from the long history of mankind are those erected under religious compulsion for the worship of the gods and the well-being of the dead in some further existence.