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Vernacular Religion : Collected Essays of Leonard Norman Primiano /

A comprehensive collection of the pioneering work of Leonard Norman Primiano, one of the preeminent scholars in religious studiesIn 1995, Leonard Norman Primiano introduced the idea of "vernacular religion." He coined this term to overcome the denigration implied in the concept of "fo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Moore, Deborah Dash (Contribuidor, Editor ), Weisenfeld, Judith (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : New York University Press, [2022]
Colección:North American Religions ; 17
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface: A Labor of Love
  • Introduction: Vernacular Religion and the Search for Method in Religious Folklife
  • Part I Religious Material Culture
  • 1 Textures of a Religious Life: The Vernacular Religious Art of Sister Ann Ameen
  • 2 The Vow as Visual Feast: Honoring St. Joseph in Sicilian American Homes
  • 3 Postmodern Sites of Catholic Sacred Materiality
  • 4 Artifacts of Belief: Holy Cards in Roman Catholic Culture
  • 5 Catholiciana Unmoored: Ex-Votos in Catholic Tradition and Their Commercialization as Religious Commodities
  • Part II Dignity in Philadelphia
  • 6 The Gay God of the City: The Emergence of the Gay and Lesbian Ethnic Parish
  • 7 What Is Vernacular Catholicism? The Dignity Example
  • 8 "I Would Rather Be Fixated on the Lord" Women's Religion, Men's Power, and the Dignity Problem
  • Part III Father and Mother Divine
  • 9 "The Consciousness of God's Presence Will Keep You Well, Healthy, Happy, and Singing" The Tradition of Innovation in the Music of Father Divine's Peace Mission Movement
  • 10 "Bringing Perfection in These Different Places" Father Divine's Vernacular Architecture of Intention
  • 11 "And as We Dine, We Sing and Praise God" Father and Mother Divine's Theologies of Food
  • 12 "As a Living Shrine I Came" Remembrance, Creativity, and Paradox in God's American Tomb
  • Coda. Encountering the Female Divine . . . Literally: Ethnographic Writing about Mother and Father Divine's Peace Mission Movement
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Further Reading
  • Index
  • About the Author and Editor