What’s the Matter with You, Rock?!: What the Study of Daoism Can Say about Religious Images

This essay is about the trouble we scholars have with addressing religious images and object agency. It introduces one moment in a Daoist ritual to suggest alternative models for thinking about what images do. To do so, it intentionally looks outside scholarly discourse and to the music of Nina Simo...

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Main Author: Naparstek, Michael E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2025
In: Method & theory in the study of religion
Year: 2025, Volume: 37, Issue: 2, Pages: 196-214
Further subjects:B Religious Images
B Daoist ritual
B object agency
B Daoism
B Idolatry
B Nina Simone
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