A place for Buddha in Wollongong, New South Wales? Territorial rules in the place-making of sacred spaces

Australian Geographer

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 223-238

  Waitt, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buddhism; Cultural politics; Religion; Sacred space; Social inclusion and exclusion; Wollongong

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; RELIGION; SENSE OF PLACE; SOCIAL EXCLUSION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0042889124     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049180301733     Document Type: Article

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