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9780415843782: Material Culture and Asian Religions: Text, Image, Object: 4 (Routledge Research in Religion, Media and Culture)
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ISBN 10: 0415843782 ISBN 13: 9780415843782
Editorial: Routledge, 2014

Sinopsis

This volume brings together specialists in a variety of Asian cultures to discuss the methodological challenges involved in integrating material evidence for the reconstruction of the religious histories of South, Southeast, Central, and East Asia. By means of specific ’test cases,’ the volume explores the importance of considering material and literary evidence in concert. What untold stories do these sources help us to recover? How might they push us to reevaluate historical narratives traditionally told from literary sources? By addressing these questions from the perspectives of different subfields and religious traditions, contributors map out the challenges involved in interpreting different types of data, assessing the problems of interpretation distinct to specific types of material evidence, and considering the issues raised by the different patterns in the preservation of such evidence in different locales. Special attention is paid to newly-discovered and neglected sources; to evidence for trade, migration, and inter-regional cultural exchange; and to geographical locales that served as "contact zones" connecting cultures. In addition, the chapters in this volume represent the rich range of religious traditions across Asia - including Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Shinto, and Chinese religions, as well as Islam and eastern Christianities.

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Acerca del autor

Benjamin J. Fleming is Visiting Scholar in Religious Studies, Cataloger of Indic Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania. He has published articles in Numen, BSOAS, and Religion Compass on pilgrimage and ritual in South Asia. His manuscript preservation and digitization work includes the Rāmamālā Library Project (Bangladesh) through the British Library’s Endangered Archive Program.

Richard D. Mann is Associate Professor, Religion Program, College of the Humanities, Carleton University. He has worked on Indian numismatics, the early history of the deity Skanda-Karttikea and epic narratives. Most recently, he is the author of The Rise of Mahasena (2012).

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Editorial
Routledge
Año de publicación
2014
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0415843782
ISBN 13 
9780415843782
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
334
Editor
Fleming Benjamin, Mann Richard
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