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Photographic Practices and the Making of Religion

Berlin; Boston: de Gruyter (2026), 242 pp.

ISBN 978-3-11-120893-0 (pdf); 978-3-11-120836-7 (print)

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"What role does photography play in the construction and preservation of religious identities and beliefs? Adopting an interdisciplinary perspective, the essays in this book explore this question, examining the theological reception of photography, its use in artistic and liturgical contexts, and the material nature of photographs as objects of devotion or cultural artefacts. The range of topics extends from devotional practices and the commercialisation of sacred images to the scholarly documentation of religious traditions." (Publisher description)
Visual Evidence and the Materiality of Photographs in the Making of Religion / Moritz Lampe, 3
“Expressa solis spiculo — Nitens imago”: Photography and Tension to Modernity in the Pontificate of Leo XIII / Edoardo Maggi, 25
Sri Ramakrishna in Three Frames: Performative Structures of Photography and Spiritual Practice / Santasil Mallik, 43
Mit Camera und Bleifeder: Der Theologe Gustaf Dalman als Fotograf, Fotomentor und Fotosammler / Karin Berkemann, 59
Marian Devotions and Colonial Vision: Photography and Irish Catholic Missions in Africa / Fiona Loughnane, 85
Religion in Reproduktion: Sakrale Sujets als Ware im Bruckmann Verlag / Franziska Lampe, 101
Exceptional Corpses: Photographing the Exhumation of Four Belgian Stigmatics, 1972–1980 / Tine Van Osselaer, 125
Auf den Spuren der fotografischen Transzendenz: Jerry Berndts The Miraculous Photographs of Bayside [USA] / Sarah Frost, 141
Das Grabtuch von Turin: Religiöse Resonanzen in der zeitgenössischen künstlerischen Fotografie / Jule Schaffer, 161
Cristina García Roderos España. Fiestas y Ritos (1993) und der Wunsch „Mitzutun“ / Michael Scholz-Hänsel, 187
Festliche Fotos: Selfie- und Social-Media-Praktiken bei Besuchern des Festes Durgapuja / Xenia Zeiler, 205