Full Description
The transcripted conversations that represent the substance of this volume are the result of a research project funded by the United Kingdom's Arts and Humanities Research Council. The product of nearly three years of interviews conducted with senior religious figures from a diversity of religious traditions, this book represents a physical and political-theological journey around England - from metropolitan capital through provincial cities and rural hinterlands, from rural episcopal palaces to industrial estates, from London mansion houses to remote mountain monastery - and provides a snapshot of how religious leaders and authority figures respond to contemporary issues of freedom of expression. Religious Authority and the Arts has a substantial introduction that situates the conversations within a theological, political, and cultural framework.
Contents
Contents: Religious Authority and the Arts: Aesthetics, Politics, Theology - Political-Theological Convergence: The Church of England - Political-Theological Conservatism: Catholicism, Orthodox Christianity and Evangelical Protestantism - Political-Theological Crisis: Judaism - Political-Theological Confrontation: Islam - Political-Theological (Re-) Construal (I): Hinduism - Political-Theological (Re-) Construal (II): Buddhism - Political-Theological Condemnation - Political-Theological Critique: What the Writers Say.
