Dear Alexandra (and all others interested),

Thank your insightful and thorough input. You raise several important points. To keep the discussion going let me rehearse my stated desire to inquiry into the present state of research within the broader framework of Aesthetics of Religion (that is, including studies on material religion and religion…[Read more]

Dear all, dear Andreas,

many thanks for this interesting and stimulating discussion, it is exactly what we initially hope for that it would happen on this platform.

Also thnks for focussing the discussion on two questions:

1) Was this a symptom of a desire to move pass phenomenological approaches to atmospheres. OR,2) Was it because atmosphere…[Read more]

Dear Gerrit,

Thank you very much for taking the time and replying in such a thoughtful and informative manner. This was very helpful!

While I have read Aesthetics of Religion: A Connective Concept carefully, I am still in the process of reading through the Bloomsbury Handbook. From your response, I can understand I have much to look forward to…[Read more]

Dear Andreas (if I may),

In my PhD dissertation I aim to capture the “atmospheres” which are “evoked” in the worship of a Central Himalayan Hindu Goddess by means of writing and filming, especially with an AoR framework. I know the articles by Martin Rademacher and think that he is methodologically quite close to the AoR (or AestoR) approach,…[Read more]

Liebe Alexandra, Danke Dir! Ja, pointiert und präzise hast Du das auf den Punkt gebracht. Die Aktionsform des zivilen Ungehorsams hatte ich im zweiten Interviewteil, der geschnitten werden musste, reingebracht. Es ist wirklich schön, das in Deiner Antwort so elegant ausformuliert zu sehen. Ich finde es erst mal begrüßenswert, wenn sich jemand für…[Read more]

Dear all, very interesting topic, and I had a few thoughts to add to this. I realised, however, that the comments on the sputnik site are populist, to put it mildly. Sputnik is a Russian news agency, which is described as promoting “alternative news”. I am not willing to engage there, but maybe people in this group who have read Esther-Maria’s…[Read more]