Faith in Objects

Erin L. Hasinoff is a fellow in Museum Anthropology at Bard Graduate Center and in the Division of Anthropology of the American Museum of Natural History, New York.

• PART I: PRELIMINARIES Antecedents PART II: THE WORLD IN BOSTON OF 1911 Setting the Stage First Impressions PART III: PEDAGOGICAL ARCHITECTURE Object Lessons Spiritless Pleasures PART IV: THE MISSIONARY EXHIBIT OF 1900 An Established Tradition Missionary Engagements Objects of Missionary Education PART V: STEWARDSHIP Scripted Parts Life-Long Lessons Epilogue

'Thorough, balanced, theoretically informed, and gracefully written. The strength of the study is the wonderful way in which the author takes complex anthropological issues and lucidly demonstrates their relevance for the understanding of this important exhibition. The book will expand a very small literature, making an enormous and thoroughly original contribution.' - David Morgan, Professor of Religion, Duke University, USA