The Oxford Encyclopedia of Religion and the Arts

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Religion and the Arts in the West: Renaissance to the Present

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

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

Aniconism (Milette Gaifman)
Arts and Ethics: Overview (Iain Robertson)
Bible and Film (Richard Walsh)
Conventual Visual Culture in Ecuador (Carmen Fernández-Salvador)
Devotional Images of the Virgin Mary in Spain (María del Mar Doval Trueba)
Holocaust Art (Chloë Julius)
Holy Books and Manuscripts (Mikeal C. Parsons)
Human Body in Islamic Art (Wendy M. K. Shaw)
Idol and Idolatry (Stacy Boldrick)
Islam and Art: An Overview (Wendy M. K. Shaw)
Islamic Pilgrimage (Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya)
Islamic Relics (Richard McGregor)
Jewish Art in the Modern Era (Larry Silver, Samantha Baskind)
Jewish Ritual Objects (Felicitas Heimann-Jelinek)
Judaism and Visual Art (Melissa Raphael)
Kabbalah in Art and Architecture (Batsheva Goldman-Ida)
Museums Dedicated to Religious Art (Maia Wellington Gahtan)
Pilgrimage Centers and Relics in Catholic Spain (María del Mar Doval Trueba, Barbara von Barghahn)
Ritual (Barry Stephenson)
Toledo, Ávila, and Mysticism (Macarena Moralejo Ortega)
Visual Arts: Christian Visual Art (Christine E. Joynes)
Visual Arts: Abstraction (Paula Wisotzki)
Visual Arts: Islamic Art (Walter B. Denny)
Visual Arts: Modern Art (Jonathan A. Anderson)
Visual Arts: Postmodernism (Meredith Munson)
Visual Arts: Realism and Naturalism (Linda Stratford, William Dyrness)
Visual Arts: Renaissance (Heidi J. Hornik)
Women in Religious Art (Diane Apostolos-Cappadona)