Visual Approach to the Study of Religious Orders
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9780367144500
Subjects: Monasticism and religious orders, europe; Monastic and religious life; Sociology; Photography in the social sciences; Social sciences, research; Social sciences, methodology
Description: "A Visual Approach to the Study of Religious Orders applies visual methods to the exploration of various facets of religious life, such as everyday lived experience, contemporary monastic identity or monastic architecture. Presenting a series of visual essays, it treats images not as simple illustrations but as an autonomous form of expression, capable of unveiling vital and developmental layers of experience, while inviting readers to examine and interpret the data themselves. The first book of its kind, it brings together case studies from various locations across Europe to demonstrate what the use of visual methodologies can contribute to social scientific research on religious orders. As such, it will appeal to scholars and students of sociology, religious studies and theology and anyone with interests in religious orders"--