Seeing Religion: Toward a Visual Sociology of Religion
The potential of visual research methods in the sociology of religion is vast, but largely untapped. This comes as a surprise, however, given the visual, symbolic, and material nature of religion and spirituality. Evidence of religious faith and practice is materially present in everything from clot...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken
Taylor and Francis
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Series/Journal: | Routledge Advances in Sociology
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Religious sociology
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Collection of essays
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| Summary: | The potential of visual research methods in the sociology of religion is vast, but largely untapped. This comes as a surprise, however, given the visual, symbolic, and material nature of religion and spirituality. Evidence of religious faith and practice is materially present in everything from clothing and jewelry to artifacts found in people's homes and workplaces. Not only is religion's symbolic and material presence palpable throughout society, it also informs attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of countless people worldwide. Words-and-numbers approaches to social research, however, sometime |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 1138778109 |