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A Generative Entanglement: Word and Image in Roman Catholic Devotional Practice

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Morgan, D
Published in: Entangled Religions
February 1, 2020

Devotional piety broadly depends on events that are not accessible for direct observation and commonly offer little, if anything, in the way of historical documentation. Sometimes the experiences to which devotion is directed in the veneration of saints is based on visionary experience for which reports are contradictory. This essays explores ways in which word and image are brought together to anchor evanescent or ephemeral, or entirely uncertain, origins and provide devotion with stable objects. I develop the view that word and image are generatively entangled, meaning that their ambiguous connections with one another are able to produce a medium in which devotion finds a footing.

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Entangled Religions

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Publication Date

February 1, 2020

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11

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3

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1 / 21

Location

Germany
 

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Morgan, D. (2020). A Generative Entanglement: Word and Image in Roman Catholic Devotional Practice. Entangled Religions, 11(3), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.13154/er.11.2020.8443
Morgan, David. “A Generative Entanglement: Word and Image in Roman Catholic Devotional Practice.” Entangled Religions 11, no. 3 (February 1, 2020): 1–21. https://doi.org/10.13154/er.11.2020.8443.
Morgan D. A Generative Entanglement: Word and Image in Roman Catholic Devotional Practice. Entangled Religions. 2020 Feb 1;11(3):1–21.
Morgan, David. “A Generative Entanglement: Word and Image in Roman Catholic Devotional Practice.” Entangled Religions, vol. 11, no. 3, Feb. 2020, pp. 1–21. Manual, doi:10.13154/er.11.2020.8443.
Morgan D. A Generative Entanglement: Word and Image in Roman Catholic Devotional Practice. Entangled Religions. 2020 Feb 1;11(3):1–21.

Published In

Entangled Religions

DOI

Publication Date

February 1, 2020

Volume

11

Issue

3

Start / End Page

1 / 21

Location

Germany