Religious objects and performance : testing the role of materiality

This thesis addresses the problematic nature of religious materiality in Western discourses, illustrated by its typical relegation to being representational instead of sensual, embodied or tangible. Two ethnographic accounts highlight the prominent role that materiality plays in vernacular religious...

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Main Author: Whitehead, Amy Renee
Published: Open University 2011
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.543867