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Religion and Material Culture

Module titleReligion and Material Culture
Module codeTHE1121
Academic year2025/6
Credits15
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Module description

Religion is inseparable from material culture. From the places, objects and art people create and use, to the rituals and practices they perform, religion is as much about what people ‘do’ and ‘make’ as what they might ‘think’ or ‘believe’. This module offers you an interdisciplinary introduction to the relationship between religion and material culture, both past and present, by examining a number of methodological approaches to the subject along with further exploration of  case studies drawn from the module leaders’ own fieldwork and research.

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        Credit value15