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title The New Religious Image of Urban America The Shopping Mall As - photo 1

title:The New Religious Image of Urban America : The Shopping Mall As Ceremonial Center
author:Zepp, Ira G.
publisher:University Press of Colorado
isbn10 | asin:0870814362
print isbn13:9780870814365
ebook isbn13:9780585004488
language:English
subjectShopping malls--Religious aspects, Shopping malls--United States, United States--Religion--1960-
publication date:1997
lcc:BL2525.Z47 1997eb
ddc:291.3/5
subject:Shopping malls--Religious aspects, Shopping malls--United States, United States--Religion--1960-
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The New Religious Image
of Urban America
The Shopping Mall as Ceremonial Center
PARK CITY Lancaster PA This mall reflects the many circles of a rose - photo 2
PARK CITY, Lancaster, PA
This mall reflects the many circles of a rose window, the quadrilateral design of a mandala, and the floor plan of typical cathedral or basilica. The center in this mall is inescapable.
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The New Religious Image
of Urban America
The Shopping Mall as Ceremonial Center
SECOND EDITION
IRA G. ZEPP, JR.
with a Foreword and Introduction by Davd Carrasco
University Press of Colorado
Page iv

1997 by the University Press of Colorado
1986 by the University Press of Colorado
Published by the University Press of Colorado
P. O. Box 849
Niwot, Colorado 80544
Tel. (303) 530-5337
First edition published in 1986 by Christian Classics, Inc., Westminster, MD.
All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America.
The University Press of Colorado is a cooperative publishing enterprise supported, in part, by Adams State College, Colorado State University, Fort Lewis College, Mesa State College, Metropolitan State College of Denver, University of Colorado, University of Northern Colorado, University of Southern Colorado, and Western State College of Colorado.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Zepp, Ira G.
The new religious image of urban America: the shopping mall as ceremonial center / Ira G. Zepp, Jr.; with a foreword and introduction by David Carrasco. 2nd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-87081-436-2 (pbk.: alk. paper)
1. Shopping mallsReligious spects. 2. Shopping mallsUnited States. 3. United StatesReligion1960 I. Title.
BL2525.Z47 1997
291.3'5dc21
96-51780
CIP
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials. ANSI Z39.481948
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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To my mother, father, sisters, and brothers in gratitude for their love
and for sharing Saturday night in Bel Air with me.
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Contents
Foreword Davd Carrasco
ix
Preface 1997
xi
Preface to the First Edition
xiii
Acknowledgments
xvii
Introduction Davd Carrasco
3
1. More Than a Marketplace: The Religious Nature of Shopping Malls
What Is Religious About Malls?
9
2. From Bel Air to Lenox Square
Saturday Night in Bel Air
The Malling of America
17
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3. The Shopping Mall as Sacred Space
The Nature of the Center
Center as Source of Power
Center as Celestial Echo
Center as Sign of Order
Symbols at the Center
Water of Life
Cosmic Tree
Human Activity at the Center
Community at the Center
Community Services for the Whole Person
Community as Meeting of Persons
High Touch of Shopping
Community Outreach
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Transition: James Rouse Mahatma of Malls
81
4. Mall as Sacred Time
Festival Marketplace
Nature of Play
Types of Play
Ceremonial Center
Ceremonial Meal
Mall as Secular Cathedral
95
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