2023-09-122023-09-12AM7 .S75 2004https://onesearch.museumsiam.org/handle/search/28819"The essays in this publication arose from four years of collaboration directed by the Religion and the Arts Initiative at Harvard University's Center for the Study of World Religions, including a 2001 conference titled "Stewards of the Sacred: Sacred Artifacts, Religious Culture, and the Museum as Social Institution"--T.p. versoPartly based on the 2001 "Stewards of the Sacred" symposium organized by Harvard University's Center for the Study of World ReligionsMuseums -- Religious aspectsMuseums -- CuratorshipMuseum exhibits -- Religious aspectsMuseum exhibits -- Social aspectsMuseum exhibits -- Political aspectsReligious articlesCultural property -- ProtectionReligion and cultureCultural policy