Abstract

An overview of the senses in the study of religion and religious encounter is provided, along with reflections on the ways in which various specific senses were imagined to serve as modes of communication between human beings and between humans and transcendent beings. How the individual case studies collected in this volume inform such a project and further research on religion, the senses, and the role of the senses in religious encounter is a core concern of this introductory essay. We end by suggesting new directions for additional research for an integrated and systematic examination of how senses shape and are used in human encounters with the transcendent and the (human) religious Other.

Highlights

  • ౖ஥൰ൠಧ೶ஐഌ senses, taste, olfaction, smell, touch, visual, hearing, grammar, language. In his Scented Ape, David Stoddart has argued for an integrative approach to the study of [1] smell, combing biology and anthropology, as he explored the functions of smell, ranging from practical communication regarding sexual readiness to the use of perfume to allure and incense to express worship of the divine

  • It is this communicative function, not merely of smell but of most of the senses, on which we intend to focus in this volume

  • Respective research is related to the body,1 religion and aesthetics (German: Religionsästhetik2), and ‘material religion.’3 It is impossible to give a representative overview on the topic

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Volkhard Krech

ଈ୪ഌഝ೶ଈ୽ഝ An overview of the senses in the study of religion and religious encounter is provided, along with reflections on the ways in which various specific senses were imagined to serve as modes of communication between human beings and between humans and transcendent beings. How the individual case studies collected in this volume inform such a project and further research on religion, the senses, and the role of the senses in religious encounter is a core concern of this introductory essay. We end by suggesting new directions for additional research for an integrated and systematic examination of how senses shape and are used in human encounters with the transcendent and the (human) religious Other. ౖ஥൰ൠಧ೶ஐഌ senses, taste, olfaction, smell, touch, visual, hearing, grammar, language

Introduction
Religion and the Senses
Senses in Religious Encounter
Research Perspectives
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