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Description

Critically examining the notion of ‘world religions’, Charles D. Orzech compares five purpose-built museums of world religions and their online extensions. Inspired by the 19th and 20th century discipline of comparative religion, these museums seek to promote religious tolerance by representing religious diversity and by arguing for underlying kinship among religions. From locations in Europe (Marburg, Glasgow and St Petersburg), to North America (Quebec) to Asia (Taipei), each museum advances a particular cultural history. This book shows how the curation of the objects they contain shapes public perceptions of religion, giving material form to the discourses about religion and world religions. Raising important questions about religion and secularity, museum displays and religious piety, Museums of World Religions questions the ideology that informs these museums. Building on recent anthropological work on the agency of religious objects, the author critiques these museums and suggests new approaches to displaying the matter of religion.

Author Biography:

Charles D. Orzech is Reader in Religion, Conflict and Transition at the University of Glasgow, UK and Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, USA. He is the author of Politics and Transcendent Wisdom: The Scripture for Humane Kings in the Creation of Chinese Buddhism (1998) and General Editor of Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia (2011).
Release date Australia
May 14th, 2020
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Illustrations
20 bw illus
Pages
224
ISBN-13
9781350016248
Product ID
28437494

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