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"Mediums and Magical Things makes a valuable contribution to the study of material religion, anthropology of religion, and religion in modernity. It is a timely volume that will no doubt fulfill Kendall’s hope that it ‘propel others down similar paths’." * Nova Religio *
"Mediums and Magic Things contributes to the study of material religion and the anthropology of religion in a very readable and easily accessible way." * Religious Studies Review *

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgments
Conventions

1. MacGuffins and Magical Things
2. Ensoulments
3. Materiality, Making, and Magic
4. Agency and Assemblage
5. The Ambiguities of the Unsacred
6. Afterlives
Conclusion

Notes
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 25 May 2021
      ISBN-13 9780520298675
      978-0520298675
      ISBN-10 0520298675
      Also in:
      Art & Photography History of art History Asian history Politics, Philosophy & Society Sociology and anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "Mediums and Magical Things makes a valuable contribution to the study of material religion, anthropology of religion, and religion in modernity. It is a timely volume that will no doubt fulfill Kendall’s hope that it ‘propel others down similar paths’." * Nova Religio *
      "Mediums and Magic Things contributes to the study of material religion and the anthropology of religion in a very readable and easily accessible way." * Religious Studies Review *

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations
      Preface and Acknowledgments
      Conventions

      1. MacGuffins and Magical Things
      2. Ensoulments
      3. Materiality, Making, and Magic
      4. Agency and Assemblage
      5. The Ambiguities of the Unsacred
      6. Afterlives
      Conclusion

      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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