Material Texts: Religion, Mobility, and Responsibility

This special issue of Textual Cultures features the work of seven scholars of religion working on material texts across regions, periods, and religious traditions. Mostly focusing on contexts in the global South, the authors challenge Eurocentric narratives about the production, circulation, and reception of texts. Centered on the keywords mobility and responsibility, they suggest the ongoing relevance of paradigms that emphasize textual mobilities and contribute to conversations about scholarly responsibilities to our objects of study.