Materiality in religion and culture Tenri University - Marburg University joint research project / edited by Saburo Shawn Morishita.

Format:

Book

Series:

Marburger Religionswissenschaft im Diskurs ; Band 2.

Marburger Religionswissenschaft im Diskurs ; Band 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Material culture--Religious aspects--Congresses.

Material culture.

Materialism--Religious aspects--Congresses.

Materialism.

Religion and culture--Congresses.

Religion and culture.

Materialism--Religious aspects.

Material culture--Religious aspects.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xii, 191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Zürich : Lit, [2017]

Summary:

This book examines the significance of the material dimensions of religion and culture. By looking at how scholars have researched religious materiality in the past, and focusing especially upon the variety of ways objects are handled in contemporary religious life, the reader will discover some insight into the interplay between the material and the immaterial. Case studies analyze the use of things in rituals and sacred places as well as ways in which they are appropriated for religious and academic instruction. The book attempts to reinterpret what the materiality in religion and culture might signify in light of multidisciplinary methodological approaches and helps to gain some ground on the abstract perspective of religions. Book jacket.

Contents:

Opening Greetings: Words of Welcome / Werner Schaal Schaal, Werner 3

Words of Appreciation with an Introduction to the Tenrikyo Teachings / Masohiko Iburi Iburi, Masohiko 7

Keynote Addresses: The Significance of Materiality for Religious Studies / Yoshitsugu Sawai Sawai, Yoshitsugu 15

Exhibiting Religion / Michael Pye Pye, Michael 25

Individual Papers: Some Short Considerations in Advance / Martin Kraatz Kraatz, Martin 47

Religion and Materiality from a Philosophy of Religion Perspective / Jörg Lauster Lauster, Jörg 51

Matter in Dualistic Concepts / Christoph Elsas Elsas, Christoph 59

Perspectives on the Body in Early Modern Japan / Motokiyo Fukaya Fukaya, Motokiyo 73

The Materiality of Baptism: The Significance of Objects in the Sacramental Practice / Ulrike Wagner-Rau Wagner-Rau, Ulrike 81

Displacing Belief from Ritual Practice / Saburo Shawn Morishita Morishita, Saburo Shawn 89

The Image of Kali and Ramakrishna's God-realization / Midori Horiuchi Horiuchi, Midori 99

The Religious Language of Objects: What Semar Says about the Religious Culture of Java / Edith Franke Franke, Edith 109

Materiality of Orthodox Icons / Gerhard Marcel Martin Martin, Gerhard Marcel 127

The Icon and the Gaze in Nicholas of Cusa's De visione Dei / Katsumi Shimada Shimada, Katsumi 135

The Making and Unmaking of Religious Objects: Sacred Waste Management in Comparative Perspective / Katja Triplett Triplett, Katja 143

The Mirror as an Embodiment of the Sacred in Japan: A Focus on the Kirishitan Mirror / Ikuo Higashibaba Higashibaba, Ikuo 155

The Matter and Meaning of Exhibiting the Tenrikyo Overseas Mission / Akinori Umetani Umetani, Akinori 163

Contextualising Mosque Architecture: Aesthetics, Material Religion, or Visual Culture? / Bärbel Beinhauer-Köhler Beinhauer-Köhler, Bärbel 169

The Role of Architecture in the Study of Modern Japanese Religions / Masahiko Okada Okada, Masahiko 179.

Notes:

International conference proceedings.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783643906311

3643906315

OCLC:

1013874207

Publisher Number:

9783643906311

99975783845