Sensory Cultures: Material and Visual Religion Reconsidered

Promey, Sally M.; Brisman, Shira

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“…This merger of religion and entertainment has amplified infrastructure, which in its turn has increased the presence of the spectacle and the miracle in the urban milieu. Both Meyer (2010) and Promey (2014) have called this the rise of "sensational religion," a motif for which Promey and her coauthors have indicated wide-ranging historical and cultural-comparative analyses of the interlinking of city (archi-)texture and sensory cultures; that is, in many cases the built environment of the city is conducive to this rise of sensationalism as well. 4 Taken together, these examples of the manner in which there is an urban spirit of amplification at work require further analysis of the forces that may drive this specific city-based process and of how religiosity, urbanity, and sentiment coalesce.…”

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Affective Trajectories: Religion and Emotion in African Cityscapes

Homewood

2021

Journal of Africana Religions

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The book series examines the religious, cultural, and political expressions of African, African American, and African Caribbean traditions. Through transnational, cross-cultural, and multidisciplinary approaches to the study of religion, the series investigates the epistemic boundaries of continental and diasporic religious practices and thought and explores the diverse and distinct ways African-derived religions inform culture and politics. The series aims to establish a forum for imagining the centrality of Black religions in the formation of the "New World.

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Affective Trajectories: Religion and Emotion in African Cityscapes

Homewood

2021

Journal of Africana Religions

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“…1 1 This article is indebted to other state‐of‐the‐field articles, including McDannell (1991); Schwain (2010); Promey and Brisman (2010); Hazard (2013); and Nelson (2019). …”

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“…7 7 These studies were inspired by multi‐year interdisciplinary projects such as “The Visual Culture of American Religions” (1995–2000), “The Material History of American Religion” (1995–2001), and “The History of American Christian Practice” (2001–2004). For more on these projects, see Promey and Brisman (2010, p. 185). …”

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“…13 13 See Promey and Brisman (2010, p. 185). Today, Andrew T. Coates, a scholar of American Protestantism, serves as the journal's managing editor. …”

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“…14 14 See Promey and Brisman (2010, p. 185). Promey serves as the journal's director and Emily C. Floyd, a scholar of religion in the Spanish colonial Americas, serves as the editor and curator. …”

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The material study of American Protestantism

Brummitt

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Religion Compass

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This article traces the history of the material study of American Protestantism from the 1980s to today. In the 1980s, a few scholars of American religions started to incorporate material culture studies into their work. They examined religious images, objects, places, and practices according to new interdisciplinary methods. By the mid‐1990s, the material study of American Protestantism exploded and emerged as a distinct subfield in the study of American religions. This subfield gave way to four general approaches, including studying American Protestantism as print culture, visual culture, material sensations, and new materialism. This article also presents themes that invigorate the subfield today, such as studying presence in Protestantism, texts as objects, the agency of objects, Black religious experiences, gender and sexuality, and cross‐cultural encounters. It concludes by offering insights into the influences and challenges of the subfield, as well as areas in the subfield that invite more research.

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Light, Lamps, and Material Religion in Early Rabbinic Judaism

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2023

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Recent scholarship on material religion has demonstrated how decentralizing texts, focusing on objects, and using material culture to shape our research inquiries enhances our understanding of religious traditions. This article seeks to initiate a conversation on material religion and ancient Judaism by applying methods from the former to archaeological finds from Roman-era Palestine and the numerous references to objects in late antique rabbinic texts. Focusing on ceramic oil lamps as a test case, I argue that attention to objects and how they were manufactured illuminates the influence of materiality on early rabbinic thought. Manufacturing was an important component of the Galilee’s material environment, which had a generative influence on its inhabitants. This paper shows how focusing on material culture and broad conceptualizations of materiality (including production, performance, and sensation) can enhance our understanding of late antique Judaism and rabbinic teachings that would later become central to Jewish tradition.

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Sensory Cultures: Material and Visual Religion Reconsidered

Cited by 5 publications

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Affective Trajectories: Religion and Emotion in African Cityscapes

Affective Trajectories: Religion and Emotion in African Cityscapes

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