The thing about religion : an introduction to the material study of religions /
"Common views of religion typically focus on the beliefs and meanings derived from revealed scriptures, ideas, and doctrines. David Morgan has led the way in radically broadening that framework to encompass the understanding that religions are fundamentally embodied, material forms of practice....
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2021].
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: How materiality matters to the study of religion
- Part I: theories and definitions. How some theories of religion dematerialize it
- What is the material study of religion?
- How religions happen materially
- Part II: Studying material religion. The power of things: A history of magic wands
- Notre-Dame de Paris: Religion and time
- Words and things
- Conclusion: Things, networks, and agents.
