The material turn in Religious Studies and the possibility of critique: Assessing Chidester’s analysis of ‘the fetish’

Strijdom, Johan

doi:10.4102/hts.v70i1.2116

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“…The chapter understands materiality and things in the context of the material turn, an analytical framework which proposes that we take as an entry point for our study of religion-specific, concrete visualities, for example, a) objects like relics, amulets, dress, painted or sculpted images, written words, and architectural spaces; b) feelings and sensory experiences like seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touching, as our emotions are related to what happens to objects we feel related to; and c) bodily performances in specific gestures, rituals, ceremonies, and festivals (Houtman and Meyer 2012;Strijdom 2014).…”

Section: Materiality Mattersmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Significance of Materiality in Conflict Analysis, Healing, and Reconciliation

Tarusarira¹

2022

Material Perspectives on Religion, Conflict, and Violence

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This chapter argues that to understand violent conflict more completely, including conflict that is religiously articulated, and to facilitate healing and reconciliation, analysts and practitioners need to seriously consider materiality and things as entry points, as they play a significant role in the immediate onset, escalation, or de-escalation of violent conflicts. Using cases of religiously articulated violence, it interrogates how prioritizing materiality and things illuminates an understanding of violence on the one hand and healing and reconciliation on the other. Focusing on materiality challenges the predilection to overlook the physical and material harm and concentrate only on broader theoretical and conceptual frameworks that are divorced from the victims' lived experiences. Concerning violence in which religion is a factor, the chapter argues that, contrary to the claim that violence is inherent in the beliefs and doctrines of the religious traditions involved, which allegedly prompt their subscribers to cause violence, actors in religiously articulated violence act not on the evoking of abstract ideas or beliefs, but often on the violation of materials and things. Accordingly, materiality and things ought to be seriously considered as entry points to analysing and addressing violent conflict in facilitating healing and reconciliation. However, this is not to suggest that materiality and things instigate violence: indeed, they do not in themselves evoke violence. Instead, it is to argue that it is the violation of things that stakeholders consider dear or sacred that sparks conflict and violence, leading to hurt, woundedness, and trauma. The high priority placed on reparations and the restoration of livelihoods, truth-telling, justice, and apologies in processes of healing and reconciliation indicates that it is the violation of bodies that hurts most. While discourses on reconciliation like forgiveness, coexistence, truth-telling, and healing may be perceived as abstract, moral, and existential questions, the chapter argues that they can only make sense if they are firmly grounded in materiality, that is, in the materiality of people's lived experiences. This approach is distinct from exist-

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Section: Materiality Mattersmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Significance of Materiality in Conflict Analysis, Healing, and Reconciliation

Tarusarira¹

2022

Material Perspectives on Religion, Conflict, and Violence

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“…Mālā 7 semantika un simbolika nav tik komplicētas kā mani gadījumā. 11 Lūgšanu krelles neatsauc atmiņā kosmosa uzbūvi un nesaistās ar debesu spīdekļu simboliku, un tomēr šim rituālajam objektam ir vērts īsi pievērsties. Lūgšanu krelles izmanto daudzu reliģisko tradīciju pārstāvji, to skaitā kristieši.…”

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Tibetiešu lūgšanu kreļļu mālā (tib. phreng ba) iespējamās semantiskās saknes

Taivāne¹,

Universitāte²

2020

Latvijas Universitātes Raksti

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Tibetiešu lūgšanu kreļļu mālā semantikas analīze ir attiecināma uz mūsdienās aktuālo reliģijas un materiālās kultūras jeb materiālas reliģijas pētniecības jomu. Pirmajā raksta daļā ir apspriesta jaunās reliģijpētniecības apakšnozares specifika, t. i., pētniecības objekts, pētniecības metodes un faktori, kas ir par iemeslu materiālajam pavērsienam reliģijzinātnē. Otrajā raksta daļā esam pieskārušies formāliem jautājumiem, kas skar mālā, pievēršot padziļinātu uzmanību izejmateriāliem, no kuriem mālā ir darinātas, it īpaši cilvēka kaulam. Diskusija par cilvēka kaula izmantošanu tantriskajā rituālajā praksē atklāj tibetiešu lūgšanu kreļļu jaukto semantisko lauku, kas savukārt norāda uz Tibetas reliģiskās eklektikas savdabību.

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“…Partiendo de esta evidencia empírica y del "giro material" en el estudio de la religión (36,37,38) , ponemos el acento en estudiar las negociaciones materiales que subyacen en la creación y el diseño de estos espacios religiosos. Es decir, identificar cómo la idea de "multiconfesionalidad" se traduce en términos materiales en la creación y diseño de estos espacios religiosos innovadores.…”

Section: Religión Contexto Hospitalario Y Espacios Multiconfesionalesunclassified

Las salas multiconfesionales en el contexto hospitalario catalán: negociaciones y tensiones en la gestión de la diversidad

Clot-Garrell

Griera

2018

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Las salas multiconfesionales son un modelo emergente de gestión y acomodación de la diversidad religiosa que prolifera en el ámbito sanitario. Este artículo se centra en la micropolítica implicada en el diseño de estos espacios multireligiosos en el contexto hospitalario. Partiendo de la evidencia empírica reciente y del “giro material” en el estudio de la religión, ponemos el acento en estudiar las negociaciones materiales que subyacen en la creación de estos espacios religiosos. El artículo se basa en un estudio etnográfico desarrollado entre 2013 y 2016, con una estrategia de casos múltiple (tres hospitales) en el contexto catalán. Se realizaron doce entrevistas en profundidad a líderes religiosos de diferentes confesiones, a trabajadores y personal directivo del hospital, y observaciones en las salas multiconfesionales. Se concluye que los espacios multiconfesionales no son conciliadores ni integradores per se, sino más bien contextos de tensión y contestación. Una dimensión, por tanto, conflictual inherente a la naturaleza de este tipo de espacios que debe reconocerse e integrarse en la gestión de la diversidad en el contexto hospitalario.

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The material turn in Religious Studies and the possibility of critique: Assessing Chidester’s analysis of ‘the fetish’

Cited by 9 publications

References 9 publications

The Significance of Materiality in Conflict Analysis, Healing, and Reconciliation

The Significance of Materiality in Conflict Analysis, Healing, and Reconciliation

Tibetiešu lūgšanu kreļļu mālā (tib. phreng ba) iespējamās semantiskās saknes

Las salas multiconfesionales en el contexto hospitalario catalán: negociaciones y tensiones en la gestión de la diversidad

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