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OverviewCritically examining the notion of ‘world religions’, Charles D. Orzech compares five purpose-built museums of world religions and their online extensions. Inspired by the 19th and 20th century discipline of comparative religion, these museums seek to promote religious tolerance by representing religious diversity and by arguing for underlying kinship among religions. From locations in Europe (Marburg, Glasgow and St Petersburg), to North America (Quebec) to Asia (Taipei), each museum advances a particular cultural history. 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, Museums of World Religions questions the ideology that informs these museums. Building on recent anthropological work on the agency of religious objects, the author critiques these museums and suggests new approaches to displaying the matter of religion. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Charles OrzechPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Weight: 0.494kg ISBN: 9781350016248ISBN 10: 1350016241 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 14 May 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements Part I: Displaying the Divine: Religious Objects and Comparison 1. Comparative Religion and World Religions Museums 2. The Body of God and the Matter of Religion Part II: Five Museums of World Religions 3. The Numinous in Marburg: Rudolf Otto's Religionskundliche Sammlung 4. Atheism, Science, and the History of Religions: St. Petersburg's State Museum of the History of Religions 5. Religion and Local Knowledge: Quebec's Le Musee Des Religions du Monde 6. A Dialogical Museum: The Sacred Gaze and the St. Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art 7. A Religious Museum: The Museum of World Religions in Taipei Conclusion: Rethinking Museums of Religions Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationCharles D. Orzech is Reader in Religion, Conflict and Transition at the University of Glasgow, UK and Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, USA. He is the author of Politics and Transcendent Wisdom: The Scripture for Humane Kings in the Creation of Chinese Buddhism (1998) and General Editor of Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia (2011). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |