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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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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Taylor & Francis
2020
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Material religion
Ano: 2020, Volume: 16, Número: 1, Páginas: 1-8 |
| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Luz
/ Meditação
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| Classificações IxTheo: | AG Vida religiosa CB Existência cristã CD Cristianismo ; Cultura |
| Outras palavras-chave: | 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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| Resumo: | 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 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Material religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/17432200.2019.1696557 |