Flower, soil, water, stone: Biblical landscape items and Protestant materiality

Protestants mobilize objects such as ‘Holy Land’ flowers, Jordan River stones, vials of Dead Sea water, sand from Lake Tiberias, and Golgotha soil as potent metonymic resources, promising a kind of direct access to the scriptural past and its sacred stories. This article uses this case of biblical l...

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Main Author: Bielo, James S. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. [2018]
In: Journal of material culture
Year: 2018, Volume: 23, Issue: 3, Pages: 368-387
IxTheo Classification:AF Geography of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
HA Bible
KDD Protestant Church
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)

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