Things: Religion and the Question of Materiality

Author/Contributor(s):	Houtman, Dick
Publisher:	Fordham University Press
Date:	09/12/2012
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Addressing the relation between religion and things, which has long been conceived in antagonistic terms, the guiding idea of this volume is that religion necessarily requires some kind of incarnation. Exploring the role and place of sacred artifacts, images, bodily fluids, sites and technologies in different locations and religious traditions, this volume re-materializes the study of religion.