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...
| Publié dans: | Material religion |
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| Auteurs: | ; |
| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Taylor & Francis
2020
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| Dans: |
Material religion
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| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Lumière
/ Méditation
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Vie religieuse CB Spiritualité chrétienne CD Christianisme et culture |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | 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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| Résumé: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 1751-8342 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Material religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/17432200.2019.1696557 |