Light Mediations: Introduction

This introduction argues that the study of light and lighting devices, and the light mediations yielded by them, is important for scholars of material religion. Discussing the four articles on aesthetics of light in Christianity, we argue that synthesizing metaphorical and physical uses of light all...

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Published in:Material religion
Authors: Meyer, Birgit 1960- (Author) ; Stolow, Jeremy 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2020
In: Material religion
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Light / Meditation
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
CB Christian life; spirituality
CD Christianity and Culture
Further subjects:B media spectacles
B media and mediation
B magic lantern
B golden retables
B aesthetics of light
B stained class
B megachurch lighting
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Summary:This introduction argues that the study of light and lighting devices, and the light mediations yielded by them, is important for scholars of material religion. Discussing the four articles on aesthetics of light in Christianity, we argue that synthesizing metaphorical and physical uses of light allows for a deep understanding of the processes through which a professedly immaterial transcendent becomes real for religious practitioners in the material world. Inspired by these contributions and the two essays in the In Conversation section, we plead for a methodology of following the light in scholarly research.
ISSN:1751-8342
Contains:Enthalten in: Material religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/17432200.2019.1696557