Museums of World Religions

Displaying the Divine, Shaping Cultures

Charles Orzech

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Bloomsbury Academic
18 November 2021

Comparative religion; Oriental religions; Sociology & anthropology; Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides

Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Material Religion

Critically examining the notion of ‘world religions’, Charles D. Orzech compares five purpose-built museums of world religions and their online extensions. Inspired by the 19th and 20th century discipline of comparative religion, these museums seek to promote religious tolerance by representing religious diversity and by arguing for underlying kinship among religions.

From locations in Europe (Marburg, Glasgow and St Petersburg), to North America (Quebec) to Asia (Taipei), each museum advances a particular cultural history. This book shows how the curation of the objects they contain shapes public perceptions of religion, giving material form to the discourses about religion and world religions.

Raising important questions about religion and secularity, museum displays and religious piety, Museums of World Religions questions the ideology that informs these museums. Building on recent anthropological work on the agency of religious objects, the author critiques these museums and suggests new approaches to displaying the matter of religion.

By: Charles Orzech
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 322g
ISBN: 9781350267138
ISBN 10: 1350267139
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Material Religion
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 18 November 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface and Acknowledgements Part I: Displaying the Divine: Religious Objects and Comparison 1. Comparative Religion and World Religions Museums 2. The Body of God and the Matter of Religion Part II: Five Museums of World Religions 3. The Numinous in Marburg: Rudolf Otto’s Religionskundliche Sammlung 4. Atheism, Science, and the History of Religions: St. Petersburg’s State Museum of the History of Religions 5. Religion and Local Knowledge: Québec’s Le Musée Des Religions du Monde 6. A Dialogical Museum: The Sacred Gaze and the St. Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art 7. A Religious Museum: The Museum of World Religions in Taipei Conclusion: Rethinking Museums of Religions Bibliography Index

Charles D. Orzech is Reader in Religion, Conflict and Transition at the University of Glasgow, UK and Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, USA. He is the author of Politics and Transcendent Wisdom: The Scripture for Humane Kings in the Creation of Chinese Buddhism (1998) and General Editor of Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia (2011).