Material religion and popular culture

• Main Author: King, E. Frances.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Routledge, 2009.
• Series: Routledge studies in religion ; 13.
• Subjects: Popular culture > Religious aspects.; Material culture > Religious aspects.; Material culture.; Popular culture.; SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology of Religion.; Electronic books.
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In this study, King explores how people first learn to relate to the images and artifacts of religious belief within their domestic environments, instilling a sense of religious belonging that becomes emotionally linked to family, community, and homeland.

Table of Contents:

• Material religion and identity
• Pictures and presence
• Stories, artifacts, and the making of religious memory
• The material charisma of shrines and pilgrimage
• Religion, emblems of identity, and cultural belonging
• Material religion in the modern world.