Religion : material dynamics / David Chidester.
| Author/creator | Chidester, David author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] |
| Description | xiv, 257 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : material dynamics -- Part I. Categories. Animism -- Sacred -- Space -- Time -- Incongruity -- Part II. Formations. Culture -- Economy -- Colonialism -- Imperialism -- Apartheid -- Part III. Circulations. Shamans -- Mobility -- Popular -- Touching -- Oceans -- Conclusion : dynamic materiality. |
| Abstract | "Religion: material dynamics is a lively resource for thinking about religious materiality and the material study of religion. Deconstructing and reconstructing religion as material categories, social formations, and mobile circulations, the book explores the making, ordering, and circulating of religious things. Split into three sections, Part One revitalizes basic categories--animism and sacred, space and time--by situating them in their material production and testing their analytical viability. Part Two examines religious formations as configurations of power that operate in material cultures and cultural economies and are most clearly shown in the power relations of colonialism and imperialism. Part Three explores the material dynamics of circulation through case studies of religious mobility, change, and diffusion as intimate as the body and as vast as the oceans. Each chapter offers insightful orientations and surprising possibilities for studying material religion. Exploring the material dynamics of religion from poetics to politics, David Chidester provides an entry into the study of material religion that will be welcomed by students and specialists in religious studies, anthropology, and history."--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-241) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Chidester, David. Religion. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] 9780520969933 |
| LCCN | 2017049897 |
| ISBN | 9780520297654 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0520297652 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780520297661 paperback |
| ISBN | 0520297660 paperback |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | B825 .C45 2018 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |