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Sacred Matters

Material Religion in South Asian Traditions

by Tracy Pintchman, Corinne G. Dempsey

  • Paperback
  • 244 pages
  • Publisher: State University of New York Press
  • 15.5 x 22.7 x 1.8 cm

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Sacred Matters explores the lives of material objects in South Asian religions. Spanning a range of traditions including Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Buddhism, and Christianity, the book demonstrates how sacred items influence and enliven the worlds of religious participants across South Asia and into the diaspora. Contributors examine a variety of objects to describe the ways sacred materials derive and confer meaning and efficacy, emerging from and giving shape to religious and nonreligious realms alike. Material forms of deity and divine power are considered along with commonplace ritual items, including images, clay pots, and camphor. The work also attends to materiality's complex role within the "materially suspicious" contexts of Islam, Theravada Buddhism, and Roman Catholicism. This engaging collection presents new frameworks for contemplating the ways in which historical, social, and sacred processes intertwine and collectively shape human and divine activity.
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  • Author

    Corinne G. Dempsey

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    State University of New York Press

  • Published

    July 2016

  • Weight

    364g

  • Page Count

    244

  • Dimensions

    15.5 x 22.7 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9781438459424

  • ISBN-10

    1438459424

  • Eden Code

    4455846

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