From ‘Fetish’ to ‘Aura’:

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" From ‘Fetish’ to ‘Aura’: "
Martin Radermacher

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1073020
Doc. No	:	LA116649
Call No	:	‭10.1163/18748929-01202004‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Martin Radermacher
Title & Author	:	From ‘Fetish’ to ‘Aura’: [Article] : The Charisma of Objects?\ Martin Radermacher
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Religion in Europe
Date	:	2019
Volume/ Issue Number	:	12/2
Page No	:	166–190
Abstract	:	In the history of religions, material artifacts have often played an important role as mediations of the ‘sacred.’ They were and are worshipped, venerated, and sometimes destroyed for their assumed supernatural powers. The article reviews theoretical concepts that engage with the charismatic capacities of objects (‘fetish,’ ‘cultic image,’ and ‘aura’) and discusses literature about ‘charismatic objects.’ It deals with the question of what kind of charisma objects may have and suggests that the term ‘charisma,’ when defined in a specific way, is a useful concept to describe and compare specific material objects from different religious traditions. These conceptual and methodological considerations are illustrated by a brief discussion of Christian relic veneration.
Descriptor	:	Anthropology of Religion
Descriptor	:	aura
Descriptor	:	charisma
Descriptor	:	Christianity
Descriptor	:	Comparative Religion Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	fetish
Descriptor	:	History of Religion
Descriptor	:	material religion
Descriptor	:	Middle East and Islamic Studies
Descriptor	:	relics
Descriptor	:	Religion Society
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	Social Sciences
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/18748929-01202004‬