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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Religion and the Arts

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Religion and the Arts: Renaissance to Modern

This thematic collection of essays is designed to shore up the coverage in the ORE Religion in this fascinating subfield, which has seen an explosion of academic and popular interest. The collection will consist of approx. 120–150 essays that will explore key topics in the study of the role of arts in religion in Western modernity. All of the articles appear online as part of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion.

Volume Editor

 Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, Georgetown University

Associate Editors

 Zohar Hadromi-Allouch, University of Aberdeen

 Heidi J. Hornik, Baylor University

 Edward van Voolen, Jewish Historical Museum Amsterdam

 Barbara von Barghahn, The George Washington University

 Richard Viladesau, Fordham University

Major Topics

Aesthetics

Critical Theory

Visual Art

Performance Art

Film

Architecture/Sacred Spaces

Gender Studies

Ritual/Worship

Museums

Spain, Portugal, and the New World Art & Architecture

Islamic Art

African, African-American, and Caribbean Art 

 

Articles

Christian Feminist Theology and the Arts (Elizabeth Ursic)
Dance, Religion, and the Legacy of European Colonialism (Kimerer LaMothe)
Decorated, Illuminated, and Illustrated Bibles (Jonathan Homrighausen)
Devotional Art in Viceregal Latin America (Marcus Burke)
Ecofeminism, Religion, and the Arts in the West (Jane Caputi)
Exhibitions and Displays of Religious Art (Maia Wellington Gahtan)
Faith and Devotion: Reading Ceramic Architectural Programmes from the Baroque Period (Rosário Salema Carvalho)
Guatemalan Churches: The Maya Legacy in Organic Façades (Carol Damian)
Holy Books and Manuscripts (Mikeal C. Parsons)
Holy Week and the Theater of Art: Sculpture, Retables, and the Spanish Baroque Aesthetic (Rafael Japón)
‘In My Father’s House’ (John 14:2): Sacred Domiciles and Secular Residences in Iberoamerican Art as Metaphorical Architecture of Devotion (Barbara von Barghahn)
Islam and Art: An Overview (Wendy Shaw)
Liturgical and Ceremonial Art: Preaching and Visual Culture in the Early Modern World (Nirit Ben-Aryeh Debby)
Material Culture and Religion (David Morgan)
Monasteries, Holy Monks, Tridentine Saints: Port Cities of Seville and Valencia (Karen Mathews)
Museums and Exhibitions: Overview and History (Maia Wellington Gahtan)
Neoclassicism and Religious Art in Eighteenth-Century Europe (Allison Palmer)
Overview of Architecture and Religion Since 1500 (Thomas Barrie)
Overview of Religious Art and Architecture: Native American (Karla Cavarra Britton)
Portuguese Monarchs and Their Royal Convents and Monasteries (Pedro Flor)
Relics and Reliquaries in Colonial Mexico (Gabriela Sánchez Reyes)
Religion, New Media, and Digital Culture (Giulia Evolvi)
Religious Art and Architecture in Eighteenth-Century Europe (Sean DeLouche)
Religious Syncretism and Art in the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries (Ori Soltes)
Ritual (Barry Stephenson)
Roman Catholic Art After L’Art Sacré and Vatican II (Inge Linder-Gaillard)
Secularization and Sacred Space (David Bains)
Nomadic Shelters, Mystical Staircases and Cosmic Chambers in Iberoamerican Art (Barbara von Barghahn)
The Passion of Christ in the New World (Alena Robin)
Visual Arts: Christian Visual Art (Christine E. Joynes)
Visual Arts: Abstraction (Paula Wisotzki)
Visual Arts: Modern Art (Jonathan A. Anderson)
Visual Arts: Postmodernism (Meredith Munson)
Visual Arts: Protestant (Bobbi Dykema)
Visual Arts: Reformation and Counterreformation (Reforms of Trent and Catholic Art) (Richard Viladesau)