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a| 2016037706

a| 9781474255523

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a| 9781474255516

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a| (OCoLC)958140241 z| (OCoLC)1053801337

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a| BL45 b| .R44 2017

a| Religion in museums : b| global and multidisciplinary perspectives / c| edited by Gretchen Buggeln, Crispin Paine, and S. Brent Plate

a| London ; a| New York, NY : b| Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, c| 2017

a| xxv, 265 pages : b| illustrations ; c| 24 cm

a| text b| txt 2| rdacontent

a| still image b| sti 2| rdacontent

a| unmediated b| n 2| rdamedia

a| volume b| nc 2| rdacarrier

a| Includes bibliographical references and index

a| Museum Architecture and the Sacred: Modes of Engagement / Gretchen Buggeln -- Toward a Theology of the Art Museum / Karla Cavarra Britton -- Native Americans on the National Mall: the architecture of the Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution / Gretchen Buggeln with Douglas Cardinal and Tim Johnson -- The museumification of religion: human evolution and the display of ritual / S. Brent Plate -- Altar as museum, museum as altar: ethnography, devotion, and display / Mary Nooter Roberts -- Religious history objects in museums / Lauren F. Turek -- Archaeological displays: ancient objects, cultural beliefs / Chiara Zuanni -- Museums, religious objects, and the flourishing realm of the supernatural in modern Asia / Denis Byrne -- Devotional baggage / Steph Berns -- Transactional and experiential responses to religious objects / Graham Howes -- Museums and the repatriation of objects, 1945-2015 / Mark O'Neill -- The case for the news media's critical engagement with museum religious exhibits / Menachem Wecker -- Museum collection and the history of interpretation / David Morgan -- Community-led museums exploring religious life in Canada: Abbotsford's Sikh Heritage Museum and Mennonite Heritage Museum / Matthew Francis -- Sacred objects and conservation: the changing impact of sacred objects on conservators / Samantha Hamilton -- Collecting and research in the Museum of the History of Religion / Ekaterina Teryukova -- Studying, teaching, and exhibiting religion: Marburg Museum of Religions (Religionskundliche Sammlung) / Konstanze Runge -- Radical hospitality: approaching religious understanding in art museums / Amanda Millay Hughes -- Islam and museums: learning and outreach / John Reeve -- Museums and religion: uneasy companions / Tom L. Freudenheim -- Conversing with the past: first-person religious programming at Colonial Williamsburg / Gretchen Buggeln -- Religion in museums for families with children / Christian G. Carron, Susan Foutz, and Melissa Pederson -- Bringing the sacred into art museums / Gary Vikan -- Rich and varied: religion in museums / Crispin Paine -- The Museum of Biblical Art: a worthwhile experiment / Ena Giurescu Heller -- Missionary museums / Chris Wingfield -- Religion at Glencairn Museum: past, present, and future / Ed Gyllenhaal -- Afterword: looking to the future of religion in museums / Gretchen Buggeln, Crispin Paine, and S. Brent Plate

a| "Bringing together scholars and practitioners from North America, Europe, Russia, and Australia, this pioneering volume provides a global survey of how museums address religion and charts a course for future research and interpretation. Contributors from a variety of disciplines and institutions explore the work of museums from many perspectives, including cultural studies, religious studies, and visual and material culture. Most museums throughout the world - whether art, archaeology, anthropology or history museums - include religious objects, and an increasing number are beginning to address religion as a major category of human identity. With rising museum attendance and the increasingly complex role of religion in social and geopolitical realities, this work of stewardship and interpretation is urgent and important. Religion in Museums is divided into six sections: museum buildings, reception, objects, collecting and research, interpretation of objects and exhibitions, and the representation of religion in different types of museums. Topics covered include repatriation, conservation, architectural design, exhibition, heritage, missionary collections, curation, collections and display, and the visitor's experience. Case studies provide comprehensive coverage and range from museums devoted specifically to the diversity of religious traditions, such as the State Museum of the History of Religion in St Petersburg, to exhibitions centered on religion at secular museums, such as Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam, at the British Museum."--Back cover

a| BGCFOLIO

a| Religion x| Museums

a| Religions x| Museums

a| Museums x| Religious aspects

a| Buggeln, Gretchen Townsend, e| editor

a| Paine, Crispin, e| editor

a| Plate, S. Brent, d| 1966- e| editor