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Materiality and the extended geographies of religion: the institutional design and everyday experiences of London's Wesleyan Methodist circuits, 1851–1932
Journal of Historical Geography ( IF 1.031 ) Pub Date : 2019-04-01 , DOI: 10.1016/j.jhg.2019.01.001
Ruth Slatter

Abstract Using and adapting the ideas of material religion, this paper considers Wesleyan Methodist circuits: the organisation of chapels within specific geographical areas into co-dependent communities. Interested in circuits as an example of the extension of religious space beyond institutional contexts – the extended geographies of religion – it highlights the importance of thinking about such spaces as material things. Using two circuits in London (Bow and Highgate) as case studies, this paper focuses on representations of circuits and their visual and material qualities. It then explores how material approaches facilitate insights into the differences between how religious leaders designed these spaces and how individuals experienced them. Taking a material approach to congregational bodies, objects and (sub)urban landscapes, it simultaneously considers how material things gain meaning through their participation in humans' social networks and as a result of their inherent material properties. In particular, it argues that taking this material approach to the extended geographies of religious practice is an effective method of gaining insights into individuals' everyday experiences of religious spaces. Most specifically, it emphasises how the insights that material approaches provide into everyday religious practices are especially useful when studying individuals in the past, as their voices are generally unrepresented in the official archival documents of religious institutions that historical research into religious communities is often dependent on.

中文翻译:

物质性和宗教的扩展地理:1851-1932 年伦敦卫斯理循道会的制度设计和日常经验

摘要 本文运用并适应物质宗教的思想,探讨卫斯理卫理公会的循环:将特定地理区域内的教堂组织成相互依存的社区。对电路作为宗教空间扩展到制度环境之外的一个例子感兴趣——宗教的扩展地理——它强调了将此类空间视为物质事物的重要性。本文使用伦敦的两个电路(Bow 和 Highgate)作为案例研究,重点介绍电路的表示及其视觉和材料质量。然后探索材料方法如何促进洞察宗教领袖如何设计这些空间与个人如何体验它们之间的差异。对会众的身体、物体和(郊区)城市景观采取物质方法,它同时考虑了物质事物如何通过参与人类的社交网络及其固有的物质属性而获得意义。特别是,它认为将这种物质方法用于宗教实践的扩展地理是获得洞察个人日常宗教空间体验的有效方法。最特别的是,它强调了物质方法提供的对日常宗教实践的见解在研究过去的个人时特别有用,因为他们的声音通常没有在宗教机构的官方档案文件中得到体现,而宗教团体的历史研究往往依赖于这些文件。 . 社交网络及其固有的材料特性。特别是,它认为将这种物质方法用于宗教实践的扩展地理是获得洞察个人日常宗教空间体验的有效方法。最特别的是,它强调了物质方法提供的对日常宗教实践的见解在研究过去的个人时特别有用,因为他们的声音通常没有在宗教机构的官方档案文件中得到体现,而宗教团体的历史研究往往依赖于这些文件. 社交网络及其固有的材料特性。特别是,它认为将这种物质方法用于宗教实践的扩展地理是获得洞察个人日常宗教空间体验的有效方法。最特别的是,它强调了物质方法提供的对日常宗教实践的见解在研究过去的个人时特别有用,因为他们的声音通常没有在宗教机构的官方档案文件中得到体现,而宗教团体的历史研究往往依赖于这些文件。 . 它认为,将这种物质方法应用于宗教实践的扩展地域是深入了解个人日常宗教空间体验的有效方法。最特别的是,它强调了物质方法提供的对日常宗教实践的见解在研究过去的个人时特别有用,因为他们的声音通常没有在宗教机构的官方档案文件中得到体现,而宗教团体的历史研究往往依赖于这些文件。 . 它认为,将这种物质方法应用于宗教实践的扩展地域是深入了解个人日常宗教空间体验的有效方法。最特别的是,它强调了物质方法提供的对日常宗教实践的见解在研究过去的个人时特别有用,因为他们的声音通常没有在宗教机构的官方档案文件中得到体现,而宗教团体的历史研究往往依赖于这些文件。 .
更新日期:2019-04-01
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