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This paper argues that the “material turn” evident both in recent scholarly studies of EastAsian religion (and religious studies more generally) and within the discipline ofanthropology holds great promise for the study of Korean religions. The study of materialreligion raises questions about how aspects of the material world come to be regarded assacred, how they come to be regarded as empowered and agentive things, how devoteesengage material religion through embodied practice and visual regimes of understanding andvenerating, and how specific historic moments influence material religion. Anthropologybrings to the discussion an awareness of material objects as possible nodes of humanrelationships, relationships between humans and gods or other entities, and between humans,deities, positive and negative power, and the sacred things themselves. It raises questionsabout the production, maintenance, and proper disposal of sacred objects. It also bringsmagic back into the mix as a means of understanding some of the essentially religious wayscontemporary people contend with the quirkiness of the market and other uncertainties, andhow the modern commodity market itself accommodates the production, appropriation, andconsumption of sacred and magical goods.
