VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND NEW APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP: TO THE STATEMENTOF THE PROBLEM
The subject of this article is the possibilities of visual anthropology, the study of religious worship. Prospects of visual anthropology in this area are linked to the role of the visual element in the cult: its determining influence on education meanings, leading role in the dissemination of religious values in the culture. Analyses available achievements in studying the visual component of the cult in relation to Orthodox worship, and prospects of formation of new methodological approaches to the study of the cult. The conclusion is that due to the strategic role of the visual component, the search for new methods for the study of the cult can be done in a visual field.
Keywords: visual anthropology, religious experience, a religious cult, the Orthodox Liturgy, spatial icon, reverse perspective
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