{"product_id":"oxford-handbook-of-religion-and-the-arts-paperback-1","title":"Oxford Handbook of Religion and the Arts - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrank Burch Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNearly every form of religion or spirituality has a vital connection with art. Religions across the world, from Hinduism and Buddhism to Eastern Orthodox Christianity, have been involved over the centuries with a rich array of artistic traditions, both sacred and secular. In its uniquely multi-dimensional consideration of the topic, \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of Religion and the Arts\u003c\/em\u003e provides expert guidance to artistry and aesthetic theory in religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Handbook offers nearly forty original essays by an international team of leading scholars on the main topics, issues, methods, and resources for the study of religious and theological aesthetics. The volume ranges from antiquity to the present day to examine religious and artistic imagination, fears of idolatry, aesthetics in worship, and the role of art in social transformation and in popular religion-covering a full array of forms of media, from music and poetry to architecture and film.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn authoritative text for scholars and students, \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of Religion and the Arts\u003c\/em\u003e will remain an invaluable resource for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrank Burch Brown\u003c\/strong\u003e is Frederick Doyle Kershner Professor of Religion and the Arts at Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, and was recently Alexander Campbell Visiting Professor of Religion and the Arts at the University of Chicago Divinity School. He is the author of five books, including \u003cem\u003eReligious Aesthetics\u003c\/em\u003e (1989) and \u003cem\u003eGood Taste, Bad Taste, Christian Taste: Aesthetics in Religious Life\u003c\/em\u003e (2000). He is also a composer, with twenty commissioned works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 564\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.5 x 6.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 02, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42562150432864,"sku":"9780190871192","price":132.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/YmVVWDdXeDVwT2pGbktHOXZJYVc2Zz09.webp?v=1770346565","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/oxford-handbook-of-religion-and-the-arts-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}