Books & Texts as Iconic and Ritual Utensils

Books & Texts as Iconic and Ritual Utensils

11 projects. Showing results 1 through 11.

Books as Bodies and as Sacred Beings

James W. Watts, Syracuse University, Yohan Yoo, Seoul National University (Volume Editors)
collage of religious images suggesting gender

Gender and Sacred Textures

Entanglements of Materiality, Embodiment, and Sacred Texts in Religious Identities

Marianne Schleicher, Aarhus University (Volume Editor)
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How and Why Books Matter

Essays on the Social Function of Iconic Texts

James W. Watts, Syracuse University
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Iconic Books and Texts

James W. Watts, Syracuse University (Volume Editor)

Korean Religious Texts in Iconic and Performative Rituals

Yohan Yoo, Seoul National University

Miniature Books

The Format and Function of Tiny Religious Texts

Kristina Myrvold, Linnaeus University, Dorina Miller Parmenter, Spalding University (Volume Editors)
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Postscripts

The Journal of Sacred Texts, Cultural Histories & Contemporary Contexts

Bradford A. Anderson, Dublin City University (Journal Editor)

Reframing Authority

The Role of Media and Materiality

Laura Feldt, University of Southern Denmark, Christian Høgel, University of Southern Denmark (Volume Editors)

Sensing Sacred Texts

James W. Watts, Syracuse University (Volume Editor)

The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes

Philippe Guillaume, University of Berne, Diana V. Edelman, University of Oslo (Volume Editors)
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The Qu'ran in Five Minutes

Joseph E. Lowry, University of Pennsylvania, Nora K. Schmid, University of Tübingen, Devin J. Stewart, Emory University, Shawkat M. Toorawa, Yale University (Volume Editors)