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The origin and mission of Material Religion |
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| Authors: | Birgit Meyer [Author Vitae] Crispin Paine [Author Vitae] |
| Affiliation: | a Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands b Department of Religion, Duke University, 118 Gray, Box 90964, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA c University of London, 108 Station Road, Liss, Hants GU33 7AQ, United Kingdom d Department of Religious Studies, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Road, Clinton, New York 13323, USA |
| Abstract: | Beginning its sixth year of publication, Material Religion is an interdisciplinary journal that seeks to gather the best work from around the world engaged in materializing the study of religions. The editors welcome original scholarship on any religion and from any period in human history that treats material objects and practices as primary evidence and engages in critical reflection on the cultural construction of materiality. In this article the editors reflect on the formation and format of the journal, the force and direction of its articles and other features, the question of what constitutes the material culture of religion, and finally the role of materiality in the current study of religions. Along the way, the editors consider new theories and concerns that have been taken up in the journal's pages and address the range of disciplines and interests that are represented in the different departments of the journal. |
| Keywords: | Material culture Materiality Visual culture Body Objects Display Anthropology Religious studies Museum studies Art history |
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