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by Vasudha Narayanan (Editor)

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The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Materiality provides a thoughtfully organized, inclusive, and vibrant project of the multiple ways in which religion and materiality intersect. The contributions explore the way that religion is shaped by, and has shaped, the material world, embedding beliefs, doctrines, and texts into social and cultural contexts of production, circulation, and consumption.

The Companion not only contains scholarly essays but has an accompanying website to demonstrate the work of performers, architects, and expressive artists, ranging from musicians and dancers to religious practitioners. These examples offer specific illustrations of the interplay of religion and materiality in everyday life. The project is organized from a comparative perspective, highlighting examples and case studies from traditions originating in both East and West. To summarize, the volume:

Brings together the leading figures, theories and ideas in the field in a systematic and comprehensive way
Offers an interdisciplinary approach drawing together religious studies, anthropology, archaeology, history, sociology, geography, the cognitive sciences, ecology, and media studies
Takes a comparative perspective, covering all the major faith traditions

From the rear cover

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Materiality provides a thoughtfully organized, inclusive, and vibrant study of the multiple ways in which religion and materiality intersect. Each chapter explores the way in which religion is shaped by, and has shaped, the material world, embedding beliefs, doctrines, and texts into social and cultural contexts of production, circulation, and consumption.

The Companion is structured from a comparative perspective, highlighting the interplay of religion and materiality in everyday life with examples and case studies from traditions originating in both the East and the West. To summarize, the volume:

Brings together the leading figures, theories, and ideas in the field presented in a systematic and comprehensive way
Offers an interdisciplinary approach drawing together religious studies, anthropology, archaeology, history, sociology, geography, the cognitive sciences, ecology, and media studies
Takes a comparative perspective, covering all the major faith traditions

Details

Title The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Materiality
Author Vasudha Narayanan (Editor)
Binding Hardcover
Pages 624
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
Illustrated Yes
Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
ISBN 9781118660102 / 1118660102
Weight 2.86 lbs (1.30 kg)
Dimensions 9.7 x 6.8 x 1.4 in (24.64 x 17.27 x 3.56 cm)
Library of Congress subjects Religion and culture, Material culture - Religious aspects
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2019003273
Dewey Decimal Code 200

About the author

Vasudha Narayanan is Distinguished Professor of Religion at the University of Florida and a past President of the American Academy of Religion. She is an associate editor of the six-volume Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Her publications include The Vernacular Veda: Revelation, Recitation, and Ritual (1994), The Life of Hinduism (co-edited with John Stratton Hawley, 2007), and Hinduism (2009). Her research has been supported by the Centre for Khmer Studies; the American Council of Learned Societies; National Endowment for the Humanities; the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation; the American Institute of Indian Studies/Smithsonian; and the Social Science Research Council.