Art-making as spiritual practice rituals of embodied understanding Lexi Eikelboom, David Newheiser

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Eikelboom, Lexi, editor.

Newheiser, David, editor.

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Expanding philosophy of religion

Expanding Philosophy of Religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art and religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

London Bloomsbury Academic 2025

Summary:

Is it possible to consider art-making as a spiritual practice independent of explicit religious belief or content? This open access collection establishes a new paradigm that changes the conversation surrounding the spiritual significance of art. Where earlier research has focused on the religious significance of secular artworks, this innovative volume turns its attention to the role of the artist, and to specific examples of art practices, putting them into conversation with particular ritual practices. By creating a web of connections that emerge across multiple disciplines and practices, a team of scholars and artist shed new light on the way art-making and ritual embody non-discursive forms of understanding. Drawing on the work of scholars who argue that ritual practice is central to religious identities, they use close analysis of specific examples to address philosophical issues about the nature of knowledge and spirituality and the relationship between them. Bringing a practice-centered approach to the study of religion and the arts, this is a rich and in-depth examination of the possibility that art has spiritual meanings that are endemic to the practice of art-making itself. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Templeton Religious Trust

Contents:

INTRODUCTION

Lexi Eikelboom

PART I: FRAMES

1. RELIGION, ART, RITUAL: THE HISTORY OF CONCEPTS, THE OPERATION OF POWER, David Newheiser

2. METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES IN ADDRESSING KNOWLEDGE AND SPIRITUALITY ACROSS PRACTICE AND DISCOURSE, Lexi Eikleboom

PART II: PRACTICES

MOVEMENT

3. THE CHRISTIAN EUCHARIST: VULNERABILITY AND PRECARITY, Natalie Carnes

4. HEATHER HESTERMAN'S COMMUNITY PRACTICE, Alison Fitchett-Climenhaga

TIME

5. A PROCESSION IN THE MEDIEVAL BRAHMANICAL STATE: THE TIME OF "RITUAL" AND THE TIME OF

RITUAL, Marko Geslani

6. ADAM LEE'S PAINTING PRACTICE, Alda Balthrop-Lewis

MEDIUM

7. SERMONS, VIDEO RECORDINGS, AND ARTHUR JAFA'S AKINGDONCOMETHAS: RITUALS OF

TRANSFORMATION, Jonathan Anderson

8. CHRIS BOND'S DRAWING PRACTICE: REPRODUCTIVE NEGATIONS, Killian Quigley

SUBTRACTION

9. RITUAL AND SUBTRACTION, Elayne Oliphant

10. LIVE PARTICLE'S SOMATIC PRACTICE, Maurice Toscano

INVENTION

11. THE JEWISH ALEINU, Molly Farneth

12. DOMINIC REDFERN'S VIDEO PRACTICE, Benjamin R. DeSpain

ATTENTION

13. HOMERIC OATH-MAKING RITUALS AND THE 2014 SOTLOFF BEHEADING VIDEO: RITUALS OF MENACE, Margo Kitts

14.HARRY NANKIN'S PHOTOGRAPHY PRACTICE, Jason Goroncy

LISTENING

15. THE LITURGICAL MOMENT: REVELATION AND POETIC KNOWING, Graham Ward

16. MARK NEWBOUND'S VIDEO PRACTICE: EMBODIED KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION FROM DECOLONIAL PERSPECTIVES, Enqi Weng

PART III: DISCIPLINES

SOCIAL SCIENCE

17. ART PERFORMANCES AND RELIGIOUS RITUALS: HOW TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCES CAN FOSTER KNOWLEDGE, Valerie van Mulukom, Armin Geertz, Robert Clark, Miguel Farias

ART HISTORY

18. THEORISING RITUAL AND ART AFTER MODERNITY, Deborah Lewer

Part IV. CONCLUSION

The Power of Unknowing in Art and Religion - David Newheiser

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Creative Commons. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en

Other Format:

Print version:9781350474086 Art-making as spiritual practice

ISBN:

9781350474215

OCLC:

1520506235

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