Museums of World Religions: Displaying the Divine, Shaping Cultures, Charles Orzech

Автор: Charles Orzech
Название: Museums of World Religions: Displaying the Divine, Shaping Cultures
ISBN: 1350016241 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781350016248
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Описание: Critically examining the notion of ‘world religions’, Charles Orzech examines and compares five purpose-built museums of world religions, as well as a number of online sites structured according to the category. These museums are located in Europe (Marburg, Glasgow and St Petersburg), North America (Quebec) and Asia (Taipei) and, inspired by the 19th and 20th-century discipline of comparative religions, museums now seek to promote religious tolerance by representing religious diversity and by arguing for underlying kinship among religions. Each museum advances a particular cultural history, and this book shows how the curation of the objects they contain shapes public perceptions of religion, giving material form to the discourses about religion and world religions. Raising important questions about religion and secularity, museum displays and religious piety, World Religions Museums questions the ideology that informs these museums. Building on recent anthropological work on the agency of religious objects, the author both critiques and suggests new approaches to displaying the matter of religion.

Автор: Bane Theresa
Название: Encyclopedia of Demons in World Religions and Cultures
ISBN: 0786463600 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780786463602
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: Catalogues nearly three thousand demons in the mythologies and lore of virtually every ancient society and most religions. Also included are descriptions of the demonic and diabolical members making up the hierarchy of Hell and the numerous species of demons that, according to various folklores, mythologies, and religions, populate the earth and plague mankind.

Автор: A. Richards; I. Omidvar
Название: Historic Engagements with Occidental Cultures, Religions, Powers
ISBN: 1349487570 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349487578
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: This book explores centuries of power relations and imperial and civilizing rhetorics, overarching themes highlighted in these infrequently heard accounts by eastern travelers to the West. Considered in depth are evolutions in mental frameworks and practices that led to the emergence of anticolonial consciousness and strategies of protest.