Ruth Illman, W. Alan Smith

Theology and the Arts (eBook, ePUB)

Engaging Faith

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book brings the emerging fields of practical theology and theology of the arts into a dialogue beyond the bias of modern systematic and constructive theology. It presents its theological claims through the careful analysis of several stories of communities around the world that have engaged in transformational practices through a specific art form, investigating communities from Europe, the Middle East, South America, and the U.S. The case studies explored include Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Druze, indigenous, and sometimes agnostic subjects, involved in visual art, music, dance, theatre, documentary film, and literature. Theology and the Arts demonstrates that the challenges of a postmodern and post-secular context require a fundamental rethinking of theology that focuses on discrete practices of faithful communities, rather than one-dimensional theories about religion.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135014605
• Artikelnr.: 39041673

Autorenporträt

Ruth Illman is Director of the Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History, associated to Åbo Akademi University in Åbo, Finland. She is committed to research on interreligious dialogue and the role of the arts in this dialogue, cultural encounters and peace research. She is also the editor-in-chief of the international peer-reviewed journal Temenos. Nordic Journal of Comparative Religion. Illman has published widely in international journals such as the International Journal of Public Theology, the Journal of Contemporary Religion, and Studies in Interreligious Dialogue. Her book entitled Art and Belief: Artists Engaged in Interreligious Dialogue was published by Equinox Publications in 2012. You find her website at: http://web.abo.fi/instut/di/english/ruth.html.

W. Alan Smith is Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Florida Southern College. An ordained minister, he has been active in regional and general levels of work in the denomination as well as in higher education. He was most recently the Executive Secretary of the Religious Education Association. He is the author of numerous articles in journals including Religious Education, Teaching Theology and Religion, and the Forum on Public Policy.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1. A Practical Theology of the Arts Introduction: A Prelude 1. When
the Center No Longer Holds: Challenges to Modernism 2. Otherness and
Meaning: Dialogue and Interpersonal Relatedness 3. Outlining a Practical
Approach to Theology and the Arts Part 2. Études 4. Art as Community
Practice: Murals from the Voice of the Community 5. Fabric Arts in Peru as
Identity 6. Literature as a Scene for Dialogue 7. Eliminating Walls,
Honoring Stories: Improvised Theatre "Creating Space" 8. Film as an
Embodiment of Interpersonal Relations 9. Music as an Attentive and Creative
Interplay 10. Embodied Grace: Dance-An Art Form that Transforms 11. Finale
and Recapitulation