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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1. VerfasserIn: Williams, Roman R. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Buch
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Hoboken Taylor and Francis 2015
In:Jahr: 2015
Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift:Routledge Advances in Sociology
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Religious sociology
weitere Schlagwörter:B Collection of essays
B Electronic books
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Zusammenfassung: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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ISBN:1138778109