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Religion and Material Culture: The Matter of Belief

David Morgan

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Religious belief is rooted in and sustained by material practice, and this book provides an extraordinary insight into how it works on the ground. David Morgan has brought together a lively group of writers from religious studies, anthropology, history of art, and other disciplines, to investigate belief in everyday practices; in the objects, images, and spaces of religious devotion and in the sensations and feelings that are the medium of experience. By avoiding mind/body dualism, the study of religion can break new ground by examining embodiment, sensation, space, and performance.

Materializing belief means taking a close look at what people do, how they feel, the objects they exchange and display, and the spaces in which they perform whether spontaneously or with scripted ceremony. Contributions to the volume examine religions around the world-from Korea and Brazil to North America, Europe, and Africa. Belief is explored in a wealth of contexts, including Tibetan Buddhism, the hajj, American suburbia and the world of dreams, visions and UFOs.

Language: English

Pages: 306

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Routledge

Release: December 01, 2009

ISBN: 0415481163

ISBN 13: 9780415481168

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Religion and Material Culture: The Matter of Belief

Religion and Material Culture: The Matter of Belief

Religion and Material Culture: The Matter of Belief

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