Approaches to the Visual in Religion

by Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati

The authors of this volume investigate the analysis of visual sources and their indispensable role for understanding and interpreting religions, their symbol systems, and the wider traditions of which they are a part. A particular interest in this study is the focus on the methodological challenge of images from a comparative perspective. The common concern that ranges over all the contributions is the search for a methodological perspective where...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3525604424
• ISBN13: 9783525604427
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.3" x 9.3"