Bruce M. Sullivan is Professor of Comparative Study of Religions and Asian Studies at Northern Arizona University, USA.

The essays themselves are fascinating, not least because they bring together both museum curators and religious studies scholars thinking aloud, hard, and in parallel, about the 'material' and 'religious' dimensions of the objects they are exhibiting.

• List of Illustrations Printed in this VolumeList of Illustrations Available to View Online at Bloomsbury.com Notes on ContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction to Sacred Objects in Secular Spaces: Exhibiting Asian Religions in Museums Bruce M. SullivanPart 1: Exhibiting Hindu and Sikh Religious Objects in Museums1. What Do Indian Images Really Want? A Biographical ApproachRichard H. Davis (Professor of Religion and Asian Studies, Bard College, USA)2. Under the Gaze of Kali: Exhibitionism in the Kalighat Painting Exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of ArtDeepak Sarma (Professor of Religious Studies, Case Western Reserve University, USA) 3. Reconsecrating the Icons: The New Phenomenon of Yoga in MuseumsBruce M. Sullivan (Professor, Comparative Study of Religions & Asian Studies, Northern Arizona University, USA)4. Sikh Museuming Anne Murphy (Associate Professor in Punjabi Language, Literature and Sikh Studies, Dept. of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia, Canada)Part 2: Exhibiting Buddhist Religious Objects in Museums5. Planning the Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Gallery of Buddhist Sculpture 2009-2014John Clarke (Curator of South and South East Asian Art at the Victoria & Albert Museum, UK)6. Entering the Virtual Mandala: Transformative Environments in Hybrid SpacesJeff Durham (Assistant Curator of Himalayan Art, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, USA)7. Discovery and Display: Case Studies from the Metropolitan Museum of ArtDenise Patry Leidy (Curator of Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA)8. Mapping Cultures, Digital Exhibitions, Learning Networks: The Creative Collaborations at Austin College and the Crow Collection of Asian ArtIvette Vargas-O’Bryan (Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Austin College, USA)Part 3: Religions, Museums, Memory9. Curating Asian Religious Objects in the Exhibition Sacred Word and Image: Five World ReligionsJanet Baker (Curator of Asian Art, Phoenix Art Museum, USA)10. World Religions Museums: Dialogue, Domestication, and the Sacred GazeCharles D. Orzech (Reader in Religion, Conflict & Transition, School of Critical Studies, University of Glasgow, UK)11. Detritus to Treasure: Memory, Metonymy, and the MuseumMichael Willis (Curator of the Early South Asian and Himalayan Collections, The British Museum, UK)NotesBibliographyIndex

Bruce M. Sullivan is Professor of Comparative Study of Religions and Asian Studies at Northern Arizona University, USA.

The essays themselves are fascinating, not least because they bring together both museum curators and religious studies scholars thinking aloud, hard, and in parallel, about the 'material' and 'religious' dimensions of the objects they are exhibiting.

• List of Illustrations Printed in this VolumeList of Illustrations Available to View Online at Bloomsbury.com Notes on ContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction to Sacred Objects in Secular Spaces: Exhibiting Asian Religions in Museums Bruce M. SullivanPart 1: Exhibiting Hindu and Sikh Religious Objects in Museums1. What Do Indian Images Really Want? A Biographical ApproachRichard H. Davis (Professor of Religion and Asian Studies, Bard College, USA)2. Under the Gaze of Kali: Exhibitionism in the Kalighat Painting Exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of ArtDeepak Sarma (Professor of Religious Studies, Case Western Reserve University, USA) 3. Reconsecrating the Icons: The New Phenomenon of Yoga in MuseumsBruce M. Sullivan (Professor, Comparative Study of Religions & Asian Studies, Northern Arizona University, USA)4. Sikh Museuming Anne Murphy (Associate Professor in Punjabi Language, Literature and Sikh Studies, Dept. of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia, Canada)Part 2: Exhibiting Buddhist Religious Objects in Museums5. Planning the Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Gallery of Buddhist Sculpture 2009-2014John Clarke (Curator of South and South East Asian Art at the Victoria & Albert Museum, UK)6. Entering the Virtual Mandala: Transformative Environments in Hybrid SpacesJeff Durham (Assistant Curator of Himalayan Art, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, USA)7. Discovery and Display: Case Studies from the Metropolitan Museum of ArtDenise Patry Leidy (Curator of Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA)8. Mapping Cultures, Digital Exhibitions, Learning Networks: The Creative Collaborations at Austin College and the Crow Collection of Asian ArtIvette Vargas-O’Bryan (Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Austin College, USA)Part 3: Religions, Museums, Memory9. Curating Asian Religious Objects in the Exhibition Sacred Word and Image: Five World ReligionsJanet Baker (Curator of Asian Art, Phoenix Art Museum, USA)10. World Religions Museums: Dialogue, Domestication, and the Sacred GazeCharles D. Orzech (Reader in Religion, Conflict & Transition, School of Critical Studies, University of Glasgow, UK)11. Detritus to Treasure: Memory, Metonymy, and the MuseumMichael Willis (Curator of the Early South Asian and Himalayan Collections, The British Museum, UK)NotesBibliographyIndex

Bruce M. Sullivan is Professor of Comparative Study of Religions and Asian Studies at Northern Arizona University, USA.

The essays themselves are fascinating, not least because they bring together both museum curators and religious studies scholars thinking aloud, hard, and in parallel, about the 'material' and 'religious' dimensions of the objects they are exhibiting.

• List of Illustrations Printed in this VolumeList of Illustrations Available to View Online at Bloomsbury.com Notes on ContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction to Sacred Objects in Secular Spaces: Exhibiting Asian Religions in Museums Bruce M. SullivanPart 1: Exhibiting Hindu and Sikh Religious Objects in Museums1. What Do Indian Images Really Want? A Biographical ApproachRichard H. Davis (Professor of Religion and Asian Studies, Bard College, USA)2. Under the Gaze of Kali: Exhibitionism in the Kalighat Painting Exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of ArtDeepak Sarma (Professor of Religious Studies, Case Western Reserve University, USA) 3. Reconsecrating the Icons: The New Phenomenon of Yoga in MuseumsBruce M. Sullivan (Professor, Comparative Study of Religions & Asian Studies, Northern Arizona University, USA)4. Sikh Museuming Anne Murphy (Associate Professor in Punjabi Language, Literature and Sikh Studies, Dept. of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia, Canada)Part 2: Exhibiting Buddhist Religious Objects in Museums5. Planning the Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Gallery of Buddhist Sculpture 2009-2014John Clarke (Curator of South and South East Asian Art at the Victoria & Albert Museum, UK)6. Entering the Virtual Mandala: Transformative Environments in Hybrid SpacesJeff Durham (Assistant Curator of Himalayan Art, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, USA)7. Discovery and Display: Case Studies from the Metropolitan Museum of ArtDenise Patry Leidy (Curator of Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA)8. Mapping Cultures, Digital Exhibitions, Learning Networks: The Creative Collaborations at Austin College and the Crow Collection of Asian ArtIvette Vargas-O’Bryan (Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Austin College, USA)Part 3: Religions, Museums, Memory9. Curating Asian Religious Objects in the Exhibition Sacred Word and Image: Five World ReligionsJanet Baker (Curator of Asian Art, Phoenix Art Museum, USA)10. World Religions Museums: Dialogue, Domestication, and the Sacred GazeCharles D. Orzech (Reader in Religion, Conflict & Transition, School of Critical Studies, University of Glasgow, UK)11. Detritus to Treasure: Memory, Metonymy, and the MuseumMichael Willis (Curator of the Early South Asian and Himalayan Collections, The British Museum, UK)NotesBibliographyIndex