The Oxford Handbook of Religion and the Arts by Frank Brown

The Oxford Handbook of Religion and the Arts by Frank Brown

More than ever before, scholars recognize that nearly every form of religion or spirituality has a vital connection with art. World religions, from Hinduism to The Eastern Orthodox Church, have a long and rich relationship with an array of artistic traditions. In recent decades, the academic study of religion and the arts has burgeoned. Yet a broad and serious consideration of the topic has yet to reach readers. The first comprehensive book of its kind, The Oxford Handbook of Religion and the Arts provides expert guidance to artistry and aesthetic theory in religion. Edited by Frank Burch Brown, the Handbook brings together an international team of leading scholars to present an interdisciplinary volume of nearly forty original essays. Readers are presented the main topics, issues, methods, and resources for the study of religious and theological aesthetics. The essays give light to the dynamic interaction of world religions and art making. The volume ranges from antiquity to present day to examine idolatry, aesthetics in liturgy, and the role of art in popular religion.Ranging from music and poetry to architecture and film, the Handbook crosses the boundaries of different faiths and art forms to survey established and pioneering voices within the field. An authoritative text for scholars and students, The Oxford Handbook of Religion and the Arts will remain an invaluable resource for years to come.

[T]he text as a whole is a beneficial resource for many introductory or specific scholarly ends* Jeremy Hamilton-Arnold, Religious Studies Review *
He skillfully assembles essays that profile the rapidly burgeoning field of religion and the arts in a way that is helpful to experts and non-experts alike ... The Oxford Handbook of Religion and the Arts delivers on its promise providing a useful resource for those wanting to negotiate the contours of the field of religion, the arts and religious aesthetics * Kimberly Vrudny, Art and Christianity *

Frank Burch Brown is Frederick Doyle Kershner Professor of Religion & the Arts at Christian Theological Seminary.

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ISBN 13	9780195176674
ISBN 10	0195176677
Title	The Oxford Handbook of Religion and the Arts
Author	Frank Brown
Series	Oxford Handbooks
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Oxford University Press Inc
Year published	2014-01-23
Number of pages	564
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