Functions of Image and Text in the Course of Hierophany

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370069
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Religious studies
• Research Institution: Niigata University
• Principal Investigator: Hosoda Ayako 新潟大学, 人文社会・教育科学系, 教授 (00323949)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 聖なるものの顕現 / 儀礼 / 祈り / 通過儀礼 / 像・イメージ / エージェンシー / 生動化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research analysed the strategic deployment and complicated functions of visual representation and oral compositions in the course of hierophany in religious cultures.
We found that visual representations, that is, objects such as statues and language (prayers, incantations) play an important role not only as media vehicles between divinity and people, but also as a function of producing and expanding the sacred dimension.

Free Research Field

宗教学