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Author: James Watts
Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd
Imprint: Equinox Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 9781781795767
ISBN 10: 1781795762
Pages: 206
Publication Date: 01 October 2018
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews
Sensing Sacred Texts, edited by James W. Watts, offers a feast for the eyes and the imagination by introducing its readers to a range of ways that sacred texts engage the senses of those who read, hear, venerate, taste, touch, smell, and look at them. . . . the books ten essays examine examples of the sensory dimension of scriptures in Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Confucianism, and undertake a broader consideration of the sacred status attributed to texts, and to books in particular, in religious and secular cultures alike. Not only do the essays highlight the crucial role played by the material qualities of sacred texts for processes such as identity formation, the establishment of cultural boundaries, and the recruitment of affect, the volumes thirty-eight full-color images will make you want to reach out and touch, taste, or smell the sacred texts in question for yourself. --Joy Palacios, University of Calgary, September 25, 2019
Sensing Sacred Texts, edited by James W. Watts, offers a feast for the eyes and the imagination by introducing its readers to a range of ways that sacred texts engage the senses of those who read, hear, venerate, taste, touch, smell, and look at them. The third volume in a series from Equinox Publishing on Comparative Research on Iconic and Performative Texts, the book's ten essays examine examples of the sensory dimension of scriptures in Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Confucianism, and undertake a broader consideration of the sacred status attributed to texts - and to books in particular - in religious and secular cultures alike. Not only do the essays highlight the crucial role played by the material qualities of sacred texts for processes such as identity formation, the establishment of cultural boundaries, and the recruitment of affect, the volume's thirty-eight full-color images will make you want to reach out and touch, taste, or smell the sacred texts in question for yourself. Reading Religion
....an important contribution to the study of sacred texts . . . on a descriptive, analytical and theoretical level. This collections [sic] of essays will likely appeal to scholars entrusted in religious practices relating to the sensing [sic] sacred texts and how the sensory element relates to the semantic dimension. --Skarpeid, Jon, Anthropos, 115.2020 Sensing Sacred Texts, edited by James W. Watts, offers a feast for the eyes and the imagination by introducing its readers to a range of ways that sacred texts engage the senses of those who read, hear, venerate, taste, touch, smell, and look at them. . . . the books ten essays examine examples of the sensory dimension of scriptures in Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Confucianism, and undertake a broader consideration of the sacred status attributed to texts, and to books in particular, in religious and secular cultures alike. Not only do the essays highlight the crucial role played by the material qualities of sacred texts for processes such as identity formation, the establishment of cultural boundaries, and the recruitment of affect, the volumes thirty-eight full-color images will make you want to reach out and touch, taste, or smell the sacred texts in question for yourself. --Joy Palacios, University of Calgary, September 25, 2019
Author Information
James W. Watts is a professor in the Department of Religion at Syracuse University.
