Overview

The material symbol has become central to understanding religion in late modernity. Overtly theological approaches use words to express the values and faith of a religion, but leave out the 'incarnation' of religion in the behavioural, performative, or audio-visual form. This book explores the lived experience of religion through its material expressions, demonstrating how religion and spirituality are given form and are thus far from being detached or ethereal. Cutting across cultures, senses, disciplines and faiths, the contributors register the variety in which religions and religious groups express the sacred and numinous. Including chapters on music, architecture, festivals, ritual, artifacts, dance, dress and magic, this book offers an invaluable resource to students of sociology and anthropology of religion, art, culture, history, liturgy, theories of late modern culture, and religious studies.

ISBN-13

9780754650942

ISBN-10

0754650944

Weight

1.15 Pounds

Dimensions

6.25 x 0.75 x 9.50 In

List Price

$192.67

Edition

1st Edition

Format

Hardcover

Language

English

Pages

264 pages

Publisher

Routledge

Published On

2017-12-26



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