Saviello, Alberto (2022). Natürlich Katholisch?! Die Präsentation außereuropäischer Kulturen und nichtchristlicher Religionen im historischen Missionsmuseum der Societas Verbi Divini in Steyl. Anthropos. International Review of Anthropology and Linguistics, 117(2), pp. 345-360. Academia
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)The article analyses the permanent exhibition of the Missiemuseum of the Societas Verbi Divini (SVD) in Steyl, which has remained largely unchanged since 1931, thus allowing a unique examination of historical exhibition practices. Going beyond previous scholarly characterizations of mission museums, it will be shown that the exhibition in Steyl develops a specifically religious view of non-European cultures that stands out from other secular types of museum and is in accordance with statements by contemporary representatives of the Catholic Society. On an aesthetic and metaphorical level, the exhibition presents the Christian religion as an order that transcends nature and culture and as basing on a force that permeates all areas of life. This force was named “altruism” by the SVD Fathers Wilhelm Schmidt and Wilhelm Koppers. The presentation of autochthonous and missionary art plays a decisive role in illustrating this claim to Christian universality.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute of Art History > Recent and Modern Art History 06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute of Art History |
UniBE Contributor: |
Saviello, Alberto |
Subjects: |
200 Religion > 210 Philosophy & theory of religion 200 Religion > 290 Other religions 700 Arts 700 Arts > 730 Sculpture, ceramics & metalwork 900 History > 940 History of Europe |
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0257-9774 |
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Academia |
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English |
Submitter: |
Alberto Saviello |
Date Deposited: |
13 Dec 2022 15:31 |
Last Modified: |
13 Dec 2022 16:25 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/175788 |
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