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Key Terms in Material Religion
S Brent Plate
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Description for Key Terms in Material Religion
Paperback. Editor(s): Plate, S. Brent. Num Pages: 304 pages, 37 colour illus. BIC Classification: HRA; JFCD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 537.
Material religion is a rapidly growing field, and this volume offers an accessible, critical entry into these new areas of research. Each key term uses case studies and is accompanied by a color image - an object, practice, space, or site. The entries cut across geographies, histories, and traditions, offering a versatile and engaging text for the classroom. Key topics covered include: - Icon, ritual, magic, gender, race - Sacred, spirit, technology, - Space, belief, body, brain - Taste, touch, smell, sound, vision Each ... Read more
Material religion is a rapidly growing field, and this volume offers an accessible, critical entry into these new areas of research. Each key term uses case studies and is accompanied by a color image - an object, practice, space, or site. The entries cut across geographies, histories, and traditions, offering a versatile and engaging text for the classroom. Key topics covered include: - Icon, ritual, magic, gender, race - Sacred, spirit, technology, - Space, belief, body, brain - Taste, touch, smell, sound, vision Each ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
532g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472595454
SKU
V9781472595454
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99-50
About S Brent Plate
S. Brent Plate is a writer, lecturer and Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Hamilton College, USA. He is co-founder and managing editor of Material Religion: The Journal of Objects, Art and Belief. His publications include The History of Religion in 5 1/2 Objects, Religion and Film, and The Religion and Film Reader.
Reviews for Key Terms in Material Religion
Brent Plate has marshalled an ambitious, and wide-ranging, lexicon of regularly deployed terms (37 in all) which help 'to show us the importance of the material world in the making and practising of religion'.
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