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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Brill research perspectives in religion and the arts
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Brill research perspectives. Religion and the arts.
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| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Arts and religion.
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Arts and religion. |
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Computer art.
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Computer art. |
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Technology -- Religious aspects.
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Technology -- Religious aspects. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Elwell, Sage. Religion and the Digital Arts. Boston : BRILL, ©2020 9789004447431 |
| ISBN |
9004447598 (electronic book) |
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9789004447592 (electronic book) |
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