Part I: Agents of Faith

Weinryb, Ittai

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Part I: Agents of Faith

Ittai Weinryb (Editor)

Agents of Faith: Votive Objects in Time and Place

Part I: Agents of Faith

Author

Ittai Weinryb (Editor)

PublisherBard Graduate Center

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20144

Part I: Agents of Faith

ONE
Place, Shrine, Miracle
Jaś Elsner

Terrestrial Gateways to the Divine
Alexandra Beuscher and Darienne Turner

TWO
Votive Materials: Bodies and Beyond
Ittai Weinryb

Edible Offerings: Food in Votive Culture
Michael H. Dewberry and Alexander Ekserdjian

THREE
Public and Private Dimensions of the Votive Offering
Christopher S. Wood

FOUR
Memory and Narrative: Materializing Past and Future in the Present
Fredrika Jacobs

FIVE
Votive Giving Today
David Morgan

Votive Giving at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Anne Hilker and Alyssa Velazquez

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BOOKAgents of Faith: Votive Objects in Time and Place

Ittai Weinryb (Editor)

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00203

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20139

Votive objects or ex-votos are a broad category of material artifacts produced with the intention of being offered as acts of faith. Common across historical periods, religions, and cultures, they are presented as tokens of gratitude for prayers answered, as well as the physical manifestation of hopes and anxieties. Agents of Faith explores votive offerings in the context of material culture, art history, and religious studies to better understand their history and present-day importance. By looking at what humans have chosen to offer in their votive transactions, this volume uncovers their most intimate moments in life and questions the nature, role, and function of one of the most fundamental aspects of the relationship between people and things—the imbuing of objects with sentiment. Encompassing exquisite works of art as well as votives of humble origin and material, with objects dating from 2000 B.C. to the twenty-first century, the beautiful illustrations and wide-ranging text expose the global reach of votive practices and the profoundly personal nature behind their creation.

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Author

Ittai Weinryb (Editor)

PublisherBard Graduate Center

Print publication date October 2018 (in print)

Print ISBN 9780300222968

EISBN 9780300254679

Illustrations 390

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