RT Book
T1 The religious heritage complex: legacy, conservation, and Christianity
T2 Bloomsbury studies in material religion
A2 Isnart, Cyril
A2 Cerezales, Nathalie
LA English
PP London New York Oxford New Delhi Sydney
PB Bloomsbury Academic
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1699984824
AB This book examines the relationships between religious institutions and heritage making. It argues that the relationships between the two are not as clear cut as some might think. In fact, the authors show that religious activity has always combined the religious habitus of caring for the past with conscious practices of heritage-making. This is termed the religious heritage complex. Case studies explore Christian, Afro-Brazilian, Muslim and Buddhist traditions located in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. By investigating the longstanding and tightly-enmeshed connections that weave together religion and cultural heritage, the religious heritage complex allows us to think through the ambiguity of religious heritage, rather than taking for granted the distinctiveness of religion and heritage practices. The book considers the ways patrimony, religion and identity interact in different contexts worldwide and how religious objects and sites function as identity. It focuses on heritage-making as a religious and material activity for the groups in charge of a religious inheritance, and considers heritage activities as a form of spiritual renewal and transmission
CN GN
SN 9781350072510
K1 Culture matérielle ; Aspect religieux ; Christianisme
K1 Religion ; Historiographie
K1 Documents d'archives ; Conservation et restauration
K1 Archival materials ; Conservation and restoration
K1 Christianity and culture
K1 Identity (Psychology) ; Religious aspects ; Christianity
K1 Material culture ; Religious aspects ; Christianity
K1 Religion ; Historiography