Introduction: museums and material religion

Dramatic changes in global cultural politics are one of the sources of a new academic concern with religion in museums, and a new concern by museums to treat with religion. In this issue Brooks, Buggeln, O'Neill, and Goa address four different aspects of this new turn; when brave enough to addr...

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Published in:Material religion
Main Author: Paine, Crispin 1942- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2012]
In: Material religion
Further subjects:B Temple
B Religion
B Death
B Museums
B Sacred
B exhibit
B Meaning
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Summary:Dramatic changes in global cultural politics are one of the sources of a new academic concern with religion in museums, and a new concern by museums to treat with religion. In this issue Brooks, Buggeln, O'Neill, and Goa address four different aspects of this new turn; when brave enough to address the great questions of meaning, museums can sometimes reach the human heart.
ISSN:1751-8342
Contains:Enthalten in: Material religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2752/175183412X13286288797773