Culture, Entertainment, and Religion in America
WEBReligion as Entertainment (2002), edited by C. K. Robertson, delves into how churches and religious groups serve an entertaining function for laypeople. Chapters explore how religion is represented in various media: music, film, television, and literature.
When worship becomes entertainment is it really essential?
WEBDec 23, 2020 · There are more than 1,700 megachurches in the U.S. and the way many of them acquired mega status was by reserving Sunday worship for elaborate “seeker-services” designed to attract — and yes,...
The Link Between Entertainment and Religion - Psychology Today
WEBMay 1, 2023 · Entertaining the myriad ways religion is a force across cultures raises serious questions about entertainment and its role in our lives, and how what amuses, titillates, and diverts the masses...
Smarthistory – A brief history of religion in art
WEBA brief history of religion in art. Before we began putting art into museums, art mostly served as the visual counterpart to religious stories. Are these theological paintings, sculptures, textiles and illuminations from centuries ago still relevant to us?
Smarthistory – The Basics of Religion in Art
WEBJul 9, 2024 · The Basics of Religion in Art. For millennia, images have acted as a bridge to the invisible and the transcendent. This Basics Guide provides an overview of the major world religions and their relationship to art and architecture across time and place.
Ancient Art’s Relationship with Religion
WEBApr 24, 2015 · Through this digital micro-exhibition visitors should experience the strong relationship between many great works of art and religion. From deities to gods and goddesses, religious narratives, and beliefs shaped …
WEBThe book then relocates religious art within the aesthetics of everyday life. Subsequent chapters systematically explore each of the sacred arts, using a wide range of illustrative examples to uncover the ways in which artworks can illuminate religious faith, and religious content can lend artworks a deeper dimension.
Spirituality and Contemporary Art | Oxford Research Encyclopedia …
WEBRather than interrogating the relationship between art and religion, more pertinent questions in the contemporary age are: What is the nature of the dialogue between art and spirituality, how do the two come together, and what form does the meeting take?
Visual Arts as Ways of Being Religious - Oxford Academic
WEBFollowing an analysis of the traditional concerns related to religion and the visual arts, this chapter gives attention to the contemporary challenges to religious images and symbols by globalization and religious pluralism.
A brief history of religion in art - TED-Ed
WEBBefore we began putting art into museums, art mostly served as the visual counterpart to religious stories. Are these theological paintings, sculptures, textiles and illuminations from centuries ago still relevant to us? Jeremiah Dickey describes the evolution of art in the public eye and explains.