Creative spirituality : the way of the artist / Robert Wuthnow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wuthnow, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spiritual biography--United States.

Spiritual biography.

Arts and religion.

Artists--Religious life.

Artists.

United States.

Artists--Religious life--United States.

Arts and religion--United States.

Physical Description:

x, 309 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2001]

Summary:

In a provocative book that explores the fascinating link between the creative and the sacred, Robert Wuthnow claims that artists have become the spiritual vanguard of our time. Drawing on in-depth interviews with painters, sculptors, writers, singers, dancers, and actors, Wuthnow includes the spiritual insights of accomplished artists who have gained prominence as Broadway performers, gospel singers, jazz musicians, poets, Native American painters, weavers, dancers, and installation artists. He profiles such national figures as novelist Madeleine L'Engle, playwright Tony Kushner, photographer Andres Serrano, sculptor Greg Wyatt, dancer Carla DeSola, and woodcarver David Ellsworth.

Contents:

1. Learning from Artists 13

2. Driven to Explore 42

3. Making Sense of Oneself 74

4. Art as Spiritual Practice 107

5. The Circle of Life 139

6. Body and Spirit 169

7. The One Earth 201

8. Millennial Visions 233

9. The Way of the Artist 266.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0520225007

OCLC:

45029143