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OverviewReligion, Material Culture and Archaeology offers a new understanding of the materiality of religion. By drawing on the field of archaeological theory and method, the relationship between religion and material culture is explored. It is argued that the material elements of religious life have been largely neglected by the discipline of religious studies, while at the same time religion has been traditionally seen as problematic for archaeologists. Why do we not talk of the discipline of the archaeology of religion, in the same way we do the anthropology of religion, or the sociology of religion? The volume considers the historical problems of approaching the material elements of religious life and bridges the methodological gap between religious studies and archaeology by proposing a new way of understanding the materiality of religion - as active, engaged and projecting a level of autonomous social agency. Finally, the critical examination of archaeological approaches to the materiality of religion is furthered through the consideration of non-archaeological ways of examining the social roles that material culture plays in human life. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dr Julian DrooganPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Edition: NIPPOD Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.304kg ISBN: 9781472570871ISBN 10: 1472570871 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 22 May 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Introduction: The Spiritual versus the Material? 2. Religion, Material Culture and Archaeology 3. Archaeologies of Religion 4. Phenomenology and the Archaeology of Sacred and Profane Landscapes 5. Archaeology and the Materiality of Religion 6. Conclusions Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationJulian Droogan is a Lecturer at Macquarie University, Australia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |