{"product_id":"religion-in-museums-9781474255516","title":"Religion in Museums","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a timely and accessible text that will be of great use to a range of scholars, teachers, students, and practitioners … Such a text could well spur further studies in non-Western displays and thus encourage a broadening of the discourse on religion in a way that is desperately needed. * Reading Religion *\u003cbr\u003eReaders will enjoy the freedom of discussion that is created via the combination of both academic and professional voices … Each individual chapter works as a stand-alone piece, yet there are clear through-lines present in the work as a whole ... This text is also valuable for teaching academics that will find the individual chapters useful for a variety of courses, particularly religious studies, museum studies, and art history.\u003ci\u003e Religion in Museums\u003c\/i\u003e is a successful volume in that it provides a comprehensive, complex, and exuberant discussion of the numerous forms through which museums and religion come together. * British Association for the Study of Religions Bulletin *\u003cbr\u003eThis project engages the fascinating--and culturally important--conjunction of the subjects of museums and religion.  The book has the potential to address and shape the future of this interdisciplinary discourse through an intriguing conjunction of cultural, scholarly, and curatorial perspectives. * Marcia Brennan, Professor of Art History and Religion, Rice University, USA *\u003cbr\u003eThis is an exciting and comprehensive study on how museums represent religion and the future prospects. * Ivette Vargas-O’Bryan, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Austin College, USA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  List of Figures  List of Contributors  Acknowledgements  Foreword, \u003ci\u003eSally Promey (Professor of Religion and Visual Culture at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Professor of American Studies and Religious Studies, Yale University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  Introduction: Religion in Museums, Museums as Religion, \u003ci\u003eGretchen Buggeln, Crispin Paine, and S. Brent Plate\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart One: Museum Buildings\u003c\/b\u003e  1. Museum Architecture and the Sacred: Modes of Engagement, \u003ci\u003eGretchen Buggeln (Duesenberg Chair in Christianity and the Arts, Valparaiso University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  2. Toward a Theology of the Art Museum, \u003ci\u003eKarla Cavarra Britton (Yale School of Architecture, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  3. Native Americans on the National Mall: The Architecture of the Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, \u003ci\u003eGretchen Buggeln (Duesenberg Chair in Christianity and the Arts, Valparaiso University, USA), with Douglas Cardinal (Architect, National Museum of the American Indian, USA) and Tim Johnson (National Museum of American History, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart Two: Objects, Museums, Religions\u003c\/b\u003e  4. The Museumification of Religion: Human Evolution and the Display of Ritual, \u003ci\u003eS. Brent Plate (Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Hamilton College, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  5. \u003ci\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003eltar as Museum, Museum as Altar: Ethnography, Devotion, and Display, \u003ci\u003eMary Nooter Roberts (UCLA, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  6. Religious History Objects in Museums, \u003ci\u003eLauren F. Turek (Trinity University in San Antonio, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  7. Archaeological Displays: Ancient Objects, Current Beliefs, \u003ci\u003eChiara Zuanni (University of Manchester, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e  8. Museums, Religious Objects, and the Flourishing Realm of the Supernatural in Modern Asia, \u003ci\u003eDenis Byrne (Western Sydney University, Australia)\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart Three: Responses to Objects, Museums, \u0026amp; Religion\u003c\/b\u003e  9. Devotional Baggage, \u003ci\u003eSteph Berns (University of Lancaster, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e  10. Transactional and Experiential Responses to Religious Objects, \u003ci\u003eGraham Howes (Emeritus Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge and a Trustee of the Art and Christianity Enquiry)\u003c\/i\u003e  11. Museums and the Repatriation of Objects, 1945-2015, \u003ci\u003eMark O'Neill (Director of Policy, Research and Development at Glasgow Life, UK) \u003c\/i\u003e 12. The Case for the News Media's Critical Engagement with Museum Religious Exhibits,\u003ci\u003e Menachem Wecker (Art Critic, Chicago, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart Four: Museum Collecting and Research\u003c\/b\u003e  13. Museum Collection and the History of Interpretation, \u003ci\u003eDavid Morgan (Professor of Religious Studies, Duke University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  14. Community-led Museums Exploring Religious Life in Canada: Abbotsford's Sikh Heritage Museum and Mennonite Heritage Museum,\u003ci\u003e Matthew Francis (Executive Director, Chilliwack Museum and Archives, Canada)\u003c\/i\u003e  15. Religious Objects and Conservation: The Changing Impact of Religious Objects on Conservators, \u003ci\u003eSamantha Hamilton (Object Conservator at Museum Victoria; University of Melbourne, Australia) \u003c\/i\u003e 16. Collecting and Research in the Museum of the History of Religion,\u003ci\u003e Ekaterina Teryukova (Deputy Director for Research Affairs,Museum of the History of Religion, St Petersburg, Russia)\u003c\/i\u003e  17. Studying, Teaching and Exhibiting Religion: The Marburg Museum of Religions - (Religionskundliche Sammlung), \u003ci\u003eKonstanze Runge (Lecturer in Religious Studies, University of Marburg, Germany)\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart Five: Museum Interpretation of Religion and Religious Objects\u003c\/b\u003e  18. Radical Hospitality: Approaching Religious Understanding in Museums, \u003ci\u003eAmanda Millay Hughes (Duke University Chapel, USA) \u003c\/i\u003e 19. Islam and Museums: Learning and Outreach, \u003ci\u003eJohn Reeve (Lecturer in the Department of Art, Design and Museology, UCL, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e  20. Museums and Religion: Uneasy Companions, \u003ci\u003eTom Freudenheim ((Smithsonian Institute, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  21. Conversing with the Past: First-Person Religion Programming at Colonial Williamsburg,\u003ci\u003e Gretchen Buggeln (Duesenberg Chair in Christianity and the Arts, Valparaiso University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  22. Religion in Museums for Families with Children,\u003ci\u003e Christian Carron (The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA), Susan Foutz (The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA), and Melissa Pederson (The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  23. Bringing the Sacred into Art Museums,\u003ci\u003e Gary Vikan (The Walters Art Museum, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart Six: Presenting Religion in a Variety of Museums\u003c\/b\u003e  24. Rich and Varied: Religion in Museums, \u003ci\u003eCrispin Paine (Honorary Lecturer at the Institute of Archaeology, UCL, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e  25. The Museum of Biblical Art: a Worthwhile Experiment, \u003ci\u003eEna Giurescu Heller (Director of Rollins College Cornell Fine Arts Museum, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  26. Missionary Museums, \u003ci\u003eChristopher Wingfield (Senior Curator, Archaeology, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge University, UK) \u003c\/i\u003e 27. Religion at Glencairn Museum: Past, Present, and Future, \u003ci\u003eEd Gyllenhaal (Curator, Glencairn Museum of Religion, Philadelphia, USA) \u003c\/i\u003e Afterword: Looking to the Future of Religion in Museums\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGretchen Buggeln, Crispin Paine, and S. 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