Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Introduction: The body of St Cuthbert -- 1 Material analysis and the study of religion -- Part 1 Production -- 2 From production to performance: Candles, creativity and connectivity -- 3 Blessed food from Jalarām…
Material culture has emerged in recent decades as a significant theoretical concern for the study of religion. This book contributes to and evaluates this material turn, presenting 13 chapters of new empirical research and theoretical reflection. Following a model for material a…
A creaking hunter among dust and cobwebs, you prowl the night places, seeking the souls on which you feed. You have done this since time immemorial, or so you believe; you have no memories of living as a man-thing like those you catch and eat. But human traces linger; your finge…