Sacred Matter: Animacy and Authority in the Americas examines animism in Pre-Columbian America, focusing on the central roles objects and places played in pract

Widely praised in hardcover as a fascinating and important addition to religious and cultural studies, Sacred Matters reveals the remarkable ways that religious

First Published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Sacred Matters explores the multi-disciplinary literature about the role of religion in family life and provides new research and a new theory about ways variou

Explores how objects shape the worlds of religious participants across a range of South Asian traditions. Sacred Matters explores the lives of material objects