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Kapaló, “The Appearance of Saints”

Kapaló, James A. 2019. “The Appearance of Saints: Photographic Evidence and Religious Minorities in the Secret Police Archives in Eastern …

May 25, 2019 ndca-admin

Carroll, Timothy. 2018. Orthodox Christian Material Culture: Of People and Things in the Making of Heaven

Reviewed by Elena Kravchenko. In Orthodox Christian Material Culture: Of People and Things in the Making of Heaven, Timothy Carroll presents a detailed description of how Orthodox Christians who attend and work at St. Æthelwald’s parish in London think about and engage materiality

December 27, 2018 ndca-admin

Feller, “Portable Power, Religious Swag”

Feller, Gavin. “Portable Power, Religious Swag: Mediating Authority in Brazillian Neo-Pentecostalism.” Material Religion: The Journal of Objects, Art, and Belief. …

October 5, 2018 ndca-admin

Carroll, “Orthodox Christian Material Culture: Of People and Things in the Making of Heaven”

Carroll, Timothy. 2018. Orthodox Christian Material Culture: Of People and Things in the Making of Heaven. New York: Routledge. Publisher’s …

May 18, 2018 ndca-admin

Bielo, “Biblical Gardens and the Sensuality of Religious Pedagogy”

Bielo, James. 2017. Biblical Gardens and the Sensuality of Religious Pedagogy. Material Religion. DOI: 10.1080/17432200.2017.1345099 Abstract: This article explores how the phenomenon of biblical …

September 11, 2017 ndca-admin

Opas and Haapalainen, eds, “Christianity and the Limits of Materiality”

Opas, Minna and Anna Haapalainen, eds.  2017.  Christianity and the Limits of Materiality.  London: Bloomsbury. Publisher’s Description: Despite the fact …

May 16, 2017 ndca-admin

Blythe, “Emma’s Willow: Historical Anxiety, Mormon Pilgrimage and Nauvoo’s Mater Dolorosa”

Christopher James Blythe, 2016. Emma’s Willow: Historical Anxiety, Mormon Pilgrimage and Nauvoo’s Mater Dolorosa, Material Religion 12: 405-432. Abstract: Religious …

October 25, 2016 ndca-admin

Bielo, Replication as Religious Practice

Bielo, James. 2016. Replication as Religious Practice, Temporality as Religious Problem. History and Anthropology, DOI:10.1080/02757206.2016.1182522 Abstract: This article explores how religious communities …

May 11, 2016 ndca-admin

Bielo, “Materializing the Bible”

Bielo James. 2016. Materializing the Bible: Ethnographic Methods for the Consumption Process. Practical Matters 9.  Abstract: Throughout the world there are over 200 …

May 5, 2016 ndca-admin

Bielo, “Replicating the Holy Land in the U.S”

Bielo, James. 2015. “Replicating the Holy Land in the U.S. (a ‘Materializing the Bible’ Road Trip).” Material Religions. 30 December. Abstract: James S. Bielo analyzes …

December 30, 2015 ndca-admin

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Sacred Heart - Naomi Haynes
Man painting, Dolls, Candles, Monastery Artabyunk - Hillary Kaell
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