Things : religion and the question of materiality / edited by Dick Houtman and Birgit Meyer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Houtman, Dick.

Meyer, Birgit.

Series:

Future of the religious past

The future of the religious past

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religious articles.

Materialism--Religious aspects.

Materialism.

Physical Description:

xvi, 482 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2012.

Summary:

As part of the research program The Future of the Religious Past, the international conference Things: Material Religion and the Topography of Divine Spaces was held in Amsterdam during June 2007. In 21 essays from that gathering, social scientists and scholars of religion and philosophy cover anxieties about things, images and incarnations, sacred artifacts, bodily fluids, public space, and digital technologies. Among their topics are one African genealogy of dangerous things, deus ex machina and other theatrical interventions of the supernatural, how the common practice of counting one's beads reveals its secrets in the Muslim communities of North Cameroon, the affective power of the face veil between disgust and fascination, and online gaming between spiritual experience and commodity fetishism. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Part I Anxieties About Things

The Modern Fear of Matter: Reflections on the Protestantism of Victorian Science / Peter Pels Pels, Peter 27

Dangerous Things: One African Genealogy / Matthew Engelke Engelke, Matthew 40

Things That Matter: The Extra Calvinisticum, the Eucharist, and John Calvin's Unstable Materiality / Ernst Van Den Hemel Hemel, Ernst Van Den 62

Part II Images and Incarnations

From Stone to Flesh: The Case of the Buddha / Donald S. Lopez Lopez, Donald S. 77

Rhetoric of the Heart: Figuring the Body in Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus / David Morgan Morgan, David 90

Idolatry: Nietzsche, Blake, and Poussin / W. J. T. Mitchell Mitchell, W. J. T. 112

"Has this thing appeared again tonight?": Deus ex Machina and Other Theatrical Interventions of the Supernatural / Freddie Rokem Rokem, Freddie 127

Portraits That Matter: King Chulalongkorn Objects and the Sacred World of Thai-ness / Irene Stengs Stengs, Irene 137

Part III Sacred Artifacts

Material Mobility Versus Concentric Cosmology in the Sukkah: The House of the Wandering Jew or a Ubiquitous Temple? / Galit Hasan-Rokem Hasan-Rokem, Galit 153

The Tasbirwol (Prayer Beads) under Attack: How the Common Practice of Counting One's Beads Reveals Its Secrets in the Muslim Community of North Cameroon / José C. M. Van Santen Santen, José C. M. Van 180

Miniatures and Stones in the Spiritual Economy of the Virgin of Urkupiña in Bolivia / Sanne Derks Derks, Sanne, Willy Jansen Jansen, Willy, Catrien Notermans Notermans, Catrien 198

Part IV Bodily Fluids

Fluid Matters: Gendering Holy Blood and Holy Milk / Willy Jansen Jansen, Willy, Grietje Dresen Dresen, Grietje 215

"When you see blood, it brings truth": Ritual and Resistance in a Time of War / Elizabeth A. Castelli Castelli, Elizabeth A. 232

A Pentecostal Passion Paradigm: The Invisible Framing of Gibson's Christ in a Dutch Pentecostal Church / Miranda Klaver Klaver, Miranda

Part V Public Space

The Structural Transformation of the Coffeehouse: Religion, Language, and the Public Sphere in the Modernizing Muslim World / Michiel Leezenberg Leezenberg, Michiel 267

The Affective Power of the Face Veil: Between Disgust and Fascination / Annelies Moors Moors, Annelies 282

"There is a spirit in that image": Mass-Produced Jesus Pictures and Protestant-Pentecostal Animation in Ghana / Birgit Meyer Meyer, Birgit 296

The FedEx Saints: Patrons of Mobility and Speed in a Neoliberal City / Maria José A. De Abreu Abreu, Maria José A. De 321

Part VI Digital Technologies

Enchantment, Inc.: Online Gaming Between Spiritual Experience and Commodity Fetishism / Stef Aupers Aupers, Stef 339

Fulfilling the Sacred Potential of Technology: New Edge Technophilia, Consumerism, and Spirituality in Silicon Valley / Dorien Zandbergen Zandbergen, Dorien 356

In Their Own Image? Catholic, Protestant, and Holistic Spiritual Appropriations of the Internet / Ineke Noomen Noomen, Ineke, Stef Aupers Aupers, Stef, Dick Houtman Houtman, Dick 379.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0823239462

9780823239450

0823239454

9780823239467

OCLC:

808930365

Publisher Number:

99950670398