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

Contributor(s): Buggeln, Gretchen Townsend [editor.] | Paine, Crispin [editor.] | Plate, S. Brent, 1966- [editor.]
Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017Description: xxv, 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781474255516; 1474255515Subject(s): Religion -- Museums | Religions -- Museums | Museums -- Religious aspectsDDC classification: 200.75 LOC classification: BL45 | .R44 2017Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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