Religious Images is a visual artifact invested with sacred meaning and devotional function within popular religious practice, distinguished from secular imagery by its role in mediating the divine, fostering piety, and enacting religious narratives in everyday spiritual life.
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The sacred gaze: religious visual culture in theory and practice
Choice Reviews Online · 2005 · 287 citations
An fMRI study measuring analgesia enhanced by religion as a belief system
Katja Wiech, Miguel Farias, Guy Kahane et al. · Pain · 2008 · 248 citations · Full text
Nursing, Neuroscience, Psychology +17
William J. Mitchell · New Literary History · 1984 · 238 citations
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Centre of Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Oran, Algeria
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3 publications
336 citations
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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3 publications
213 citations
Berry College
Rome, United States
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29 citations
University of Groningen
Groningen, The Netherlands
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2 publications
82 citations
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
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77 citations
UCL Australia
Adelaide, Australia
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36 citations
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, United States
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University College London
London, United Kingdom
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- Choice Reviews Online
CRO · 18 publications · 1.4K citations
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- Material Religion
7 publications · 181 citations
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- Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
JSSR · 6 publications · 521 citations
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- The Art Bulletin
4 publications · 501 citations
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- Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
JRAI · 4 publications · 110 citations
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