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Archaeology of Spiritualities

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Archaeology of Spiritualties provides a fresh exploration of the interface between archaeology and religion/spirituality. Archaeological approaches to the study of religion have typically and often unconsciously, drawn on western paradigms, especially Judaeo-Christian (mono) theistic frameworks and academic rationalisations. Archaeologists have rarely reflected on how these approaches have framed and constrained their choices of methodologies, research questions, hypotheses, definitions, interpretations and analyses and have neglected an important dimension of religion: the human experience of the numinous - the power, presence or experience of the supernatural. Within the religions of many of the world’s peoples, sacred experiences – particularly in relation to sacred landscapes and beings connected with those landscapes – are often given greater emphasis, while doctrine and beliefs are relatively less important. Archaeology of Spiritualities asks how such experiences might be discerned in the archaeological record; how do we recognize and investigate ‘other’ forms of religious or spiritual experience in the remains of the past?. The volume opens up a space to explore critically and reflexively the encounter between archaeology and diverse cultural expressions of spirituality. It showcases experiential and experimental methodologies in this area of the discipline, an unconventional approach within the archaeology of religion. Thus Archaeology of Spiritualities offers a unique, timely and innovative contribution, one that is also challenging and stimulating. It is a great resource to archaeologists, historians, religious scholars and others interested in cultural and religious heritage.

Author Biography:

Kathryn Rountree is an Associate Professor at the Social Anthropology Programme, School of People, Environment and Planning, at Massey University, in Auckland, New Zealand. Christine Morris is the Andrew A. David Senior Lecturer in Greek Archaeology and History in the Department of Classics, in the School of History and Humanities, Trinity College, Dublin. Alan A. D. Peatfield is a College Lecturer at the School of Archaeology, University College Dublin.
Release date Australia
November 7th, 2013
Audience
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Contributors
  • Edited by Alan A. D. Peatfield
  • Edited by Christine Morris
  • Edited by Kathryn Rountree
Illustrations
29 Illustrations, color; 13 Illustrations, black and white; XVI, 277 p. 42 illus., 29 illus. in color.
Pages
277
Dimensions
155x235x16
ISBN-13
9781461496403
Product ID
21778766

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