PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Marie W. Dallam is professor of religious studies at the Honors College of the University of Oklahoma. Her books include Cowboy Christians (2018). Benjamin E. Zeller is professor and chair of religion at Lake Forest College. His books include Heaven’s Gate: America’s UFO Religion (2014). Dallam and Zeller are among the coeditors of Religion, Food, and Eating in North America (Columbia, 2014).
In lucid prose, the editors of this handsome volume usher readers into the worlds of religion, attire, and adornment. Beautifully curated, the collection shows us how bodily presentation matters. Contributors explain what the language of sacred garb tells us about how religion is worn; what these vestments mean for those who wear, touch, view, or simply imagine them. This is a book that speaks to glamour and plainness, sartorial splendor and fashionable modesty in so many of its North American guises. This is a book you will want to teach! -- Laura Levitt, author of <i>The Objects that Remain</i> Religion, Attire, and Adornment in North America addresses the relationship between religion and dress in America and the ways that religious practitioners make meaning through their sartorial choices. Its chapters are accessibly written and their breadth is impressive; scholars of American religions, new religious movements, gender studies, and material culture will appreciate this volume. -- Nora Rubel, author of <i>Doubting the Devout: The Ultra-Orthodox in the Jewish American Imagination</i>
