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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"Materiality of religion"”.
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Developing a critically inclusive study of religion
The scientific, or secular, study of religion is a relatively new endeavour, and has faced multiple obstacles over the course of its development. The primary challenge has consisted of the need to distinguish the secular study of religion from the theological study of religion. The commitment to …
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The Material of Polytheism in Archaic Greece: Understanding Greek Religion Through Patterns of Dedicatory Practice and Thought, ca.750–480 BCE
This thesis is an investigation of gift-giving in religious contexts in archaic Greece, in which I determine patterns of dedicatory practice across Greece, and then use these patterns as a window onto the mindset of ancient worshippers in relation to their many gods. I use new materialist …