Interpreting Religion at Museums and Historic Sites

Herausgeber: Buggeln, Gretchen; Franco, Barbara

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Produktbeschreibung

Interpreting Religion at Museums and Historic Sitesencourages readers to consider the history of religion as integral to American culture and provides a practical guide for any museum to include interpretation of religious traditions in its programs and exhibits.

Produktdetails

• Interpreting History Nr.16
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 660g
• ISBN-13: 9781442269453
• ISBN-10: 1442269456
• Artikelnr.: 51807158

Autorenporträt

Edited by Gretchen Buggeln and Barbara Franco

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Acknowledgments Part I Case Studies Chapter 1. Religious Sites
Arch Street Meeting House, Reinterpretation of the Arch Street Meeting
House, Lynne Calamia California Missions Trail California Missions,
Elizabeth Kryder-Reid Ephrata Cloister Interpreting Religion at Ephrata
Cloister Michael S. Showalter and Nick Siegert Hancock Shaker Village
Hancock Shaker Village - Training for Staff & Docents Who Interpret
Religion, Todd Burdick Joseph Smith Farm, Facilitating a Reverential
Experience. Gary L. Boatright, Jr. Kirtland Temple Kirtland Temple:
Creating Sacred Space for Pilgrimage Barbara B. Walden Mary Baker Eddy
Library Fervent Hearts, Willing Hands: Christian Science in
Nineteenth-Century Context Katherine Connell Museum at Eldridge Street
Interpreting the Eldridge Street Synagogue: Two Dialogues Amy Stein Milford
and Richard Rabinowitz United States Capitol Visitor Center "In God We
Trust" - Interpreting Religion in the US Capitol Fred W. Beuttler Chapter
2. Historic Sites Andrew Jackson's Hermitage Reform and Religion at Andrew
Jackson's Hermitage Marsha Mullin Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Satisfaction Through Honesty Stephen Seals Conner Prairie Religion at
Conner Prairie Catherine Hughes George Washington's Mount Vernon
Interpreting Religion in the Life of a Founding Father Mary V. Thompson
Hawaii Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives Revisiting the Historical
Role of the ABCFM Missionaries in Hawaii Thomas A. Woods Gettysburg
Seminary Ridge Museum Talk-Back Boards And Religion, Josh Howard Lower East
Side Tenement Museum Interpreting Religion at the Tenement Museum Annie
Polland Newport World Heritage Commission Interpreting Tolerance to a
Skeptical World: The Case of Colonial Newport and Providence Ken Yellis Old
Economy Village Religious Interpretation at Old Economy Village David
Miller Southeastern Pennsylvania Historic Sites and Houses Interpreting the
Diversity of Pennsylvania German Religion at Historic House Museums Cynthia
G. Falk Chapter 3. Museum Exhibitions Abbe Museum Religious Appropriation
Issues and the Abbe Museum Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko and Geo Soctomah Neptune
American Revolution Museum at Yorktown Interpreting Religion at The
American Revolution Museum at Yorktown K. Lara Templin Arab American
National Museum Interpreting Religion at the Arab American National Museum
Petra Alsoofy Delaware Historical Society Forging Faith, Building Freedom:
African American Faith Experiences in Delaware, 1800-1980 Constance J.
Cooper Jewish Museum of Maryland Chosen Food: Eggrolls, Oreos and Judaism
in the Museum Karen Falk Minnesota History Center Interpreting Religion in
Peb Yog Hmoob-We Are Hmong Minnesota Brian Horrigan National Museum of
African American History and Culture Black Sacred Objects and the Matter of
Religious Meanings: A Case Study from the National Museum of African
American History & Culture Eric Lewis Williams National Museum of American
History Religion in Early America: An Exhibition at the National Museum of
American History David K. Allison National Museum of the Civil War Soldier
at Pamplin Historical Park Interpreting the Religions Life of Civil War
Soldiers at Pamplin Historical Park A. Wilson Greene The Rosenbach and the
Rare Book Department, Free Library of Philadelphia Religion on Display:
Three Exhibitions at the Free Library of Philadelphia and the Rosenbach
Katherine Haas Winterthur Museum Open the Doors and See all the People:
Interpreting Pennsylvania German Material Culture and Religion Lisa Minardi
Part II Essays Chapter 4. Scholarly Approaches For Religion in History
Museums Gretchen Buggeln Chapter 5. Issues in Historical Interpretation:
Why Interpreting Religion is So Difficult Barbara Franco Chapter 6.
Religion in Museum Spaces and Places Gretchen Buggeln Chapter 7. Strategies
and Techniques for Interpreting Religion Barbara Franco Chapter 8.
Interpreting Religion at Museums and Historic Sites: The Work Ahead
Gretchen Buggeln and Barbara Franco Bibliography Contributors Index