Religion, Attire, and Adornment in North America / / ed. by Marie W. Dallam, Benjamin E. Zeller.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023
• MitwirkendeR: Bailey, Emily J.,; Brooks-Key, André E.,; Dallam, Marie W.,; Davis, Kate,; Dougherty, Kevin D.,; Finnigan, Jessica,; Koch, Jerome R.,; Mueller, Michelle,; Nock Ambrose, Adrienne,; Nomura, Nao,; Payne, Leah,; Rapport, Jeremy,; Renée Wheeler, Kayla,; Ross, Nancy,; Shan Johnson, Andrea,; Smith, Elaina,; Zeller, Benjamin E.,
• HerausgeberIn: Dallam, Marie W.,; Zeller, Benjamin E.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 31 b&w illustrations

Clothing, dress, and ornamentation are crucial parts of individual and communal religious life and practice, yet they are too often overlooked. This book convenes leading scholars to explore the roles of attire and adornment in the creation and communication of religious meaning, identity, and community. Contributors investigate aspects of religious dress in North America in the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries, considering adornment practices in a wide range of religious traditions and among individuals who straddle religious boundaries. The collection is organized around four frameworks for understanding the material culture of religion: theological interpretation, identity formation, negotiation of tradition, and activism.Religion, Attire, and Adornment in North America features essays on topics such as Black Israelites’ use of African fabrics, Christian religious tattoos, Wiccan ritual nudity, Amish “plain dress,” Mormon sacred garments, Hare Krishna robes, and the Church of Body Modification. Spanning the diversity of religious practice and expression, this book is suitable for a range of undergraduate courses and offers new insights for scholars in many disciplines.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction: Religion, Attire, and Adornment in North America -- Part I. Theological Adornment -- 1. SEVENTH- DAY ADVENTIST DRESS: “AN INDEX TO THE HEART” -- 2. CLOTHING SPIRITUAL REALITY: THE SARTORIAL STYLES OF MARY BAKER EDDY -- 3. FAITH, FASHION, AND FILM IN THE JAZZ AGE: CATHOLIC VESTMENTS ENCOUNTER THE ROARING 1920s -- 4. POWER BEFORE THRONES OF GOD AND MAN: WOMEN, ADORNMENT, AND PUBLIC LIFE IN WHITE AMERICAN PENTECOSTALISM -- Part II. Identity adornment -- 5. HOLY DASHIKIS! BLACK SARTORIAL NATIONALISM AND BLACK ISRAELITE RELIGION -- 6. REFINED BODIES: CLOTHING AS A VISUAL SIGNIFIER OF PIETY FOR MORMON WOMEN IN AMERICA -- 7. THE CHRISTIAN TATTOO: MUCH MORE THAN SKIN- DEEP -- 8. “QUEENS OF THE EARTH”: THE MGT UNIFORM AS A FORM OF IDENTITY CREATION AND NATION BUILDING -- Part III. Negotiated adornment -- 9. “YE SHALL BE NAKED IN YOUR RITES”: RITUAL ATTIRE AND RITUAL NUDITY (SKYCLAD) IN NORTH AMERICAN WICCA -- 10. AMISH VOGUE: PERFORMING FASHION IN THE PLAIN WORLD -- 11. “YOUR RELIGION IS SHOWING”: NEGOTIATION AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IN MORMON GARMENTS -- Part IV. Activist adornment -- 12. DRESSED FOR GLORY: WHITE UNIFORMS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCH TRADITIONS AS VISUAL POLITICAL THEOLOGY -- 13. “THE HARE KRISHNA LOOK”: ISKCON ADORNMENT AS RELIGIOUS ACTIVISM -- 14. RELIGIOUS DRESS, THE CHURCH OF BODY MODIFICATION, AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Reading List -- List of Contributors -- Index