Religious Objects in Museums: Private Lives and Public Duties.
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London : Taylor & Francis Group, 2012.
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Religious Objects in Museums is the first book to examine how religious objects are transformed in museum, and examines the range of meanings that religious objects may bear - as scientific specimen, sacred icon, work of art, or historical record. This accessible book is an essential introduction to the subject.
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Religious Objects in Museums is the first book to examine how religious objects are transformed in museum, and examines the range of meanings that religious objects may bear - as scientific specimen, sacred icon, work of art, or historical record. This accessible book is an essential introduction to the subject.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Paine, C. (2012). Religious Objects in Museums: Private Lives and Public Duties. London, Taylor & Francis Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Paine, Crispin. 2012. Religious Objects in Museums: Private Lives and Public Duties. London, Taylor & Francis Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Paine, Crispin, Religious Objects in Museums: Private Lives and Public Duties. London, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012.
MLA Citation (style guide)Paine, Crispin. Religious Objects in Museums: Private Lives and Public Duties. London, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Umbrawarra Gorge -- Museums make all things new -- Religious objects are asking for attention -- What are objects? -- Some religious objects are holy -- Some religious objects are persons -- Religious objects have lives -- Religious objects have duties -- 1 Objects curated: How curators ascribe a new significance to their objects, but still offer them respect even when keeping them under tight control -- The curator's task: Making museum objects -- Ascribing religious qualities to objects -- Curatorial control -- Curators and memory -- Reflecting popular religion -- 'We are a secular museum' -- 2 Objects visited: How religious objects relate to their visitors -- People and things -- 'The real thing' -- Consulting source communities -- Asking visitors -- How visitors react to objects -- Using the museum -- 3 Objects worshipped and worshipping: How objects in museums can be worshipped or even 'worshipping' -- Encouraging worship -- Altars -- Meditation places -- Ritual-making in the museum -- 4 Objects claimed: How religious objects are demanded 'back' from museums -- Claims political -- Asking for control of understanding -- Who speaks for the community? -- Objects as carriers of memory -- 5 Objects respected: What respecting a religious object means, and how respect is shown -- What is 'respect'? -- What 'treating with respect' means in practice -- Respecting secrecy -- 6 Objects demanding and dangerous: How religious objects are put into museums to render them harmless, and how relics can turn the museum into a shrine -- Museum, treasury or shrine? -- 7 Objects elevating: How objects in museums can be purely secular, yet as works of art or works of nature have spiritual power and the ability to elevate the soul. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a The museum as temple -- The language of mission -- Religious objects that don't change -- The science museum as temple -- Bastions of secularism -- 8 Objects militant: How religious objects are converted and fight for their new masters -- Museums of atheism -- Missionary collections -- Exhibiting evolution -- Creationist museums -- Objects hated -- 9 Objects promotional: How religious objects promote the faith of their masters -- The new faith attractions -- Objects for evangelism -- Objects and faith -- Objects for mutual understanding -- 10 Objects explanatory and evidential: How religious objects explain their faith and their culture -- Religious objects and popular culture -- Medicine, magic and religion -- Objects in theory -- Interpreting and contextualizing -- Objects promote a deeper understanding -- 11 Conclusion: What have we learnt and how can we help religious objects in museums fulfil their public duties? -- What should religious objects be doing in museums? -- A duty to make society better -- Other than words -- Be enquiring, be critical -- Be brave, be imaginative -- Notes -- References -- Index. | |
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