Light Mediations

Introduction

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5084765
AutoresBirgit Meyer (0000-0003-4883-7937), Jeremy Stolow (0000-0003-1981-797X, Concordia University)
Ano2020
Volume16
Fascículo1
Páginas1-8
Data de publicação2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMaterial Religion (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1743-2200 • E-ISSN: 1751-8342
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17432200.2019.1696557
OpenAlexW2999265077
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas11

This introduction argues that the study of light and lighting devices, and the light mediations yielded by them, is important for scholars of material religion. Discussing the four articles on aesthetics of light in Christianity, we argue that synthesizing metaphorical and physical uses of light allows for a deep understanding of the processes through which a professedly immaterial transcendent becomes real for religious practitioners in the material world. Inspired by these contributions and the two essays in the In Conversation section, we plead for a methodology of following the light in scholarly research

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