Keywords

Holiness, sacred, religious education, contemporary art

Abstract

The spiritual dimensions of art and education have been explored for their potential to offer different ways of understanding or representing knowledge and their potential to inspire transcendence or cultivate wholeness. This article examines connections between transcendent or sacred territories of human existence, teaching, and contemporary art. Experiences of walking in the Himalayan mountains with Tibetan Buddhist monks, conversing with rabbis in Jerusalem, and teaching in state school classrooms are used to illustrate connections between education, spirituality, religion, and contemporary art. We seek to understand how the spiritual dimensions of education and contemporary art could be understood through the lenses of different spiritual traditions and cultures.

Original Publication Citation

Graham, M. A., Goldsberry, C. & Calvert I. (2023). Anyone can make a Religious Object: Undoing spirituality and contemporary art. Journal of Contemporary Religion 38(1),137-154.

Document Type

Peer-Reviewed Article

Publication Date

2023

Publisher

Journal of Contemporary Religion

Language

English

College

Fine Arts and Communications

Department

Art

University Standing at Time of Publication

Full Professor

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