Making spirits: materiality and transcendence in contemporary religions
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London I.B. Tauris 2013
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Online Access:DE-1046
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Item Description:The analysis of religion has often placed an emphasis on beliefs and ideologies, prioritizing these elements over those of the material world. Through the ethnographic analysis of a variety of contemporary religious practices, Making Spirits questions the presumed separation of spirit and matter, and sheds light on the dynamics between spiritual and material domains. By examining the cultural contexts in which material culture is central to the creation and experience of religion and belief, this volume analyses the different ways in which the concepts of the material and spiritual worlds inte
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (272 pages)
ISBN:085772262X
9780857722621

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