Religion and the Digital Arts

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-44743-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 110 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 177 g

Reihe: Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences / Brill Research Perspectives in Religion and the Arts

This slim volume offers a thematic exploration of religion and the digital arts. Over the course of six brief sections, this extended essay examines identity and community, authority and authenticity, word and image, ritual and practice, body and space, and myth and faith. Each of these paired sets is explored in concert with technologically inflected correlates. For instance, identity and community are paired with avatars and networks. These twin concepts provide the thematic anchor of each section. Each section looks at four works of digital art with each work employing digital technology in a unique way. The works include virtual and augmented reality pieces, 3D printed sculptures, digital photography, and digitally enabled performance pieces and installations and span the late 1990s to the present. This essay is an introduction to religion and the digital arts and, while no single conclusion can be drawn from such an expansive and diverse field, the reassertion of the religious and theological importance of the body and emotions in the face of digital technology emerges as a recurrent theme.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Elwell, Sage

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Künstlerische Stoffe, Motive, Themen Künstlerische Stoffe, Motive, Themen: Religiöse Themen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Religion and the Digital Arts

J. Sage Elwell

Abstract

Keywords

Introduction

1 Identity and Community: Avatars and Networks

2 Authority and Authenticity: Surveillance and Resistance

3 Word and Image: Code and Artifact

4 Ritual and Practice: Performance and Participation

5 Body and Space: (Dis)Embodiment and Enhancement

6 Myth and Faith: Screens and Goggles

Conclusion

References

Über Autor(innen)

J. Sage Elwell (PhD, University of Iowa) is Chair of the Religion Department and Associate Professor of Religion and Art at Texas Christian University. He is the author of Inspired by the Word: The Bible through the Eyes of the Great Masters and Crisis of Transcendence: A Theology of Digital Art and Culture.