Presentation of the Dossier

Abstract

The eight texts in the dossier Religion, Material Culture and Visual Culture together prove the relevance of the theme for different areas of religious studies and theological studies: textual studies, including founding, ecclesiastical, doctrinal and historical texts; material studies, both archaeological and architectural, including public spaces; ritualistic studies, of bodies in movement and in multiple relationships, with people, with oneself, God, spaces and artifacts; and, last not least, visual studies, including logos, ornaments, religious, liturgical and religious arts, symbols and virtual spaces. All of this takes place in a descriptive, analytical way or deepens in its epistemological foundation, often still, in an interdisciplinary way, adding, not infrequently, to the research on religion established and considered consecrated new perspectives, representing new challenges.