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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Auteur principal: Williams, Roman R. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Hoboken Taylor and Francis 2015
Dans:Année: 2015
Collection/Revue:Routledge Advances in Sociology
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Sociologie des religions
Sujets non-standardisés:B Electronic books
B Recueil d'articles
Accès en ligne: Volltext (Aggregator)
Édition parallèle:Non-électronique
Print version: Seeing Religion : Toward a Visual Sociology of Religion:
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Résumé: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