Sacred Precincts: The Religious Architecture of Non-Muslim Communities Across the Islamic World

Author:   Mohammad Gharipour
Publisher:   Brill
ISBN:  

9789004547247


Publication Date:   22 June 2023
Format:   Paperback
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release.

Our Price $219.12 Quantity:  
Pre-Order

Share |

Sacred Precincts: The Religious Architecture of Non-Muslim Communities Across the Islamic World


Add your own review!

Overview

Sacred Precincts examines non-Muslim religious sites in the Islamic world, revealing how architecture responds to contextual issues and traditions. It explores urban contexts; issues of identity; design; construction; transformation and the history of sacred sites in the Middle East and Africa from the advent of Islam to the 20th century. The book includes case studies on churches, synagogues and sacred sites in Iran; Turkey; Cyprus; Egypt; Iraq; Tunisia; Morocco; Malta; Nigeria; Mali, and the Gambia.

Full Product Details

Author:   Mohammad Gharipour
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9789004547247


ISBN 10:   900454724
Publication Date:   22 June 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS List of Figures Acknowledgements Preface: Non-Muslim Sacred Sites in the Muslim World Mohammad Gharipour Introduction PART 1: IDENTITY 1. Churches Attracting Mosques: The Architecture of Mosques in Early Islamic Syria Mattia Guidetti 2. To Condone or To Contest? Ethnic Identity and Religious Architecture in The Gambia Steven Thomson 3. Jigo: The Essence of the Non-Tangible Architecture of Hausa Traditional Religion A.A. Muhammad-Oumar 4. Muslims Viewed as 'Non-Muslims': The Alevi Precincts of Anatolia Angela Andersen 5. Identity and Style: Armenian-Ottoman Churches in the Nineteenth Century Alyson Wharton 6. Apportioning Sacred Space in a Moroccan City: The Case of Tangier, 1860-1912 Susan Gilson Miller 7. Politics of Place in the Middle East and World Heritage Status for Jerusalem Elvan Cobb PART 2: DESIGN 8. Devotional and Artistic Responses to Contested Space in Old Cairo: The Case of Al-Mu'allaqah Erin Maglaque 9. Sacred Geometries: The Dynamics of 'Islamic' Ornament in Jewish and Coptic Old Cairo Ann Shafer 10. Synagogues of Isfahan: The Architecture of Resignation and Integration Mohammad Gharipour and Rafael Sedighpour 11. Gothic Portability: The Crimean Memorial Church, Istanbul, and the Threshold of Empire Ayla Lepine 12. A Catholic Church in an Islamic Capital: Historicism and Modernity in the St Antoine Church Ebru OEzeke Toekmeci 13. Cultural Horizontality: Auguste Perret in the Middle East Karla Britton PART 3: CONSTRUCTION 14. Through a Glass Brightly: Christian Communities in Palestine and Arabia During the Early Islamic Period Karen C. Britt 15. The Miracle of Muqattam: Moving a Mountain to Build a Church in Fatimid Egypt Jennifer Pruitt 16. The Catholic Consecration of an Islamic House: The St John de Matha Trinitarian Hospital in Tunis Clara Ilham Alvarez Dopico 17. Armenian Merchant Patronage of New Julfa's Sacred Spaces Amy Landau and Theo Maarten van Lint 18. The Tofre Begadim Synagogue and the Non-Muslim Policy of the Late Ottoman Empire Meltem OEzkan Altinoez 19. (Re)Creating a Christian Image Abroad: The Catholic Cathedrals of Protectorate-Era Tunis Daniel Coslett PART 4: RE-USE 20. Khidr and the Politics of Translation in Mosul: Mar Behnam, St George and Khidr Ilyas Ethel Sara Wolper 21. Muslim Influences in Post-Muslim Malta: The Hal Millieri Church David Mallia 22. St Sophia in Nicosia, Cyprus: From a Lusignan Cathedral to an Ottoman Mosque Suna Gu ven 23. Maribayasa: Negotiating Gold, Spirits, and Islamic Renewal in a Malian Islamic Borderland Esther Ku hn 24. Building as Propaganda: A Palimpsest of Faith and Power in the Maghreb Jorge Correia 25. The Cathedral of Ani, Turkey: From Church to Monument Heghnar Watenpaugh APPENDICES Appendix 1: Glossary Appendix 2: Bibliographies Appendix 3: About the Contributors Index

Reviews

... a timely and sorely needed compilation of essays that accounts for the long-standing history and complexity of pluralism within many Muslim-majority cities and contexts throughout the world... Without question, texts from this vitally important volume should not only be read by specialists, but assigned in every introductory art historical, theological, historical, or anthropological course that even touches on Islam, for these essays are the interlocutors that can simultaneously dismantle the logic of both Islamophobia and radicalism through innumerable historical exemplars of coexistence. Within the existing body of scholarship in architectural history and urban studies, this volume expands our knowledge of the vibrant pluralism and religious and ethnic diversity of cities throughout the Islamic world, while productively obliterating the Orientalist, monolithic conception of the Islamic city. - Nancy Demerdash-Fatemi, in: H-AMCA, H-Net Reviews, April (2017) ... a volume beautiful enough to adorn my coffee table, yet useful enough to merit a place on my office book-shelf... [...] a fascinating volume for potential courses on World-Christianity, Christian-Muslim relations, or anthropology of religion, among other possibilities. - Lucina Allen Mosher, in: Anglican Theological Review 99/1


Author Information

Mohammad Gharipour, Ph.D. (2009), Georgia Institute of Technology, is Associate Professor of Architecture at Morgan State University. He is the author and editor of several books including Persian Gardens and Pavilions: Reflections in History, Poetry and the Arts (I.B.Tauris, 2013), Calligraphy in the Muslim World (Edinburgh University Press, 2013), and The Bazaar in the Islamic City (American University Press, 2012). He is the founding editor of the International Journal of Islamic Architecture.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions
Latest Reading Guide

wl

Shopping Cart
Your cart is empty
Shopping cart
Mailing List