Things that Believe: Talismans, Amulets, Dolls, and How to Get Rid of Them

This article looks at religious and semi-religious paraphernalia in everyday life from the perspective of disposal. Recent research in religious studies and anthropology has focused on the ways in which beliefs are performed through religious objects. But what happens to the object that is not perfo...

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Main Author: Gygi, Fabio R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Nanzan Institute 2018
In: Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 45, Issue: 2, Pages: 423-452
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Japan / Faith / Materiality / Substitute for / Disposal of wastes
RelBib Classification:AE Psychology of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
AZ New religious movements
KBM Asia
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B Buddhism
B Memorial Services
B Ceremonial objects
B Deities
B Religious Studies
B Religious rituals
B Amulets
B Talismans
B Dolls
B Shintoism
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