{"product_id":"the-routledge-handbook-of-material-religion","title":"Routledge Handbook of Material Religion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Routledge Handbook of Material Religion \u003c\/em\u003eplaces objects and bodies at the center of scholarly studies of religious life and practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePropelling forward the study of material religion, the \u003ci\u003eHandbook \u003c\/i\u003efirst reveals the deep philosophical roots of its key categories and then advances new critical analytics, such as queer materialities, inescapable material entanglements, and hyperobjects that explode the small-scale personal view on religions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eHandbook \u003c\/i\u003ecomprises thirty chapters, written by an international team of contributors who offer a global perspective of religious pasts and presents, divided into four thematic parts:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenealogies of Material Religion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterializing the Terms of the Study of Religion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntanglements, Entrapment, Escaping\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHyperobjects, or How Ginormous Things Affect Religions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these four parts, the study of material religion is redirected towards systematic, critical interrogations of the imbrication of religious structures of power with racial, economic, political, and gendered forms of domination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Spinoza’s political theology to African philosophies of \u003ci\u003eubuntu\u003c\/i\u003e; from the queer materialities of Mesoamerican religion to the Satanic Temple of the United States; from Islamic love and sacrifice in human-animal entanglements to Shia militants’ attachment to weaponry; from epidemic cataclysm in Latin America to vast infrastructures and the gathering of millions in India’s Kumbh Mela, the study of material religion proves to be the study par excellence of the human condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eHandbook \u003c\/i\u003eis essential reading for students and researchers in religious studies, anthropology, history, and media studies, and will also be of interest to those in related fields such as archeology, sociology, and philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47075874013528,"sku":"","price":303.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780815385998.jpg?v=1777561241","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/the-routledge-handbook-of-material-religion","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}