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001 2013025587
003 DLC
005 20150827100928.0
008 130723s2013 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013025587
020 $a9781441110282 (hardback)
020 $a9781441126177 (epub)
020 $a9781441164230 (epdf)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda
042 $apcc
043 $ae-uk-en$ae-sp---
050 00 $aBL473.5$b.W45 2011
082 00 $a202/.18$223
084 $aREL000000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aWhitehead, Amy.
245 10 $aReligious statues and personhood :$btesting the role of materiality /$cAmy Whitehead.
263 $a1309
264 1 $aLondon :$bBloomsbury Academic,$c2013.
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Objects such as statues and icons have long been problematic in the study of religion, especially in European Christianities. Through examining two groups, the contemporary Pagan Glastonbury Goddess religion in the Southwest of England and a cult of the Virgin Mary in Andalusia, Spain, Amy Whitehead asserts that objects can be more than representational or symbolic. In the context of increasing academic interest in materiality in religions and cultures, she shows how statues, or 'things', are not always interacted with as if they are inert material against which we typically define ourselves as 'modern' humans.Bringing two distinct cultures and religions into tension, animism and 'the fetish' are used as ways in which to think about how humans interact with religious statues in Western Europe and beyond. Both theoretical and descriptive, the book illustrates how religions and cultural practices can be re-examined as performances that necessarily involve not only human persons, but also objects"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"Demonstrates how the relationships that devotees have with statue forms of the divine feminine illustrate the powerful relational roles of matter and materiality in religion"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction2. Defining Terms3. The Virgin of Alcala de los Gazules4. The Glastonbury Goddess, England5. Relationships, Relating, Relationality6. Gift, Value and the Fetish: Testing the Roles of OfferingsConclusionBibliographyIndex.
650 0 $aGoddesses.
650 0 $aIdols and images$xWorship.
650 0 $aStatues$xPsychological aspects.
650 0 $aWomen in art$xPsychological aspects.
650 0 $aMatter$xReligious aspects.
651 0 $aGlastonbury (England)$xReligious life and customs.
651 0 $aAlcalá de los Gazules (Spain)$xReligious life and customs.
650 7 $aRELIGION / General.$2bisacsh