How to Build Places with Words Abydos: Inventing a Landscape Delos: The Soft Power of Poetry Mecca: Through the Eyes of a Pilgrim A Storied Wilderness

Religion, Culture, and Sacred Spaces is a comparative exploration into the nature of the human relationship to physical space advancing the startling thesis that the human capacity for narrative and identity imbues landscapes with meaning and sacredness.

MARTYN SMITH is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Lawrence University, USA.