{"product_id":"rethinking-sacred-arts-book","title":"Rethinking Sacred Arts - Book","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003eSize: 6x9\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e300 pages\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(77, 13, 217);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRethinking Sacred Arts \u003c\/em\u003efeatures 27 black-and-white plates and 14 color plates.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(77, 13, 217);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003eTo say that the term sacred arts requires “rethinking” implies that there is an accepted definition, ready to be reconsidered and overturned. Yet no such consensus exists. The essays in this volume confront foundational, often overlooked questions: What do we mean by “sacred arts”? Are there boundaries that delineate sacred from secular arts? Can an object be inherently holy, or does sacredness lie in its use? \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eBringing together leading scholars and practicing artists,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-stringify-type=\"bold\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-stringify-type=\"bold\"\u003e\u003cem data-stringify-type=\"italic\"\u003ethis first volume of the new Sacred Arts series\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores these and other questions across visual art, architecture, music, poetry, and liturgy—bridging disciplines from art history, musicology, and aesthetics to theology. Its contributors blend rigorous scholarship with lived faith, illuminating how sacred arts are created, perceived, and understood.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003eIdeal for practitioners and scholars alike, this volume offers a vital resource for anyone probing the spiritual dimensions of art within an academic or liturgical context.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is remarkable for examining sacred art from an impressive range of perspectives, covering art history, curatorship, painting, music, aesthetics, liturgy, theology, and poetry. The result is a volume which by turns engages, enlightens, and challenges the reader, and which will inspire many fruitful discussions of this complex and important field in the future.\u003cbr\u003e—Henry Maguire\u003cbr\u003eProfessor Emeritus, Johns Hopkins University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe authors of this stunning collection of essays write with wisdom, discernment, scholarly depth, and abiding respect for the complexity by which people know, experience, and articulate the human-divine relationship through diverse modes of expression. This book surprises even as it challenges the reader to engage ever more deeply with the aesthetics of religious devotion.\u003cbr\u003e—Susan Ashbrook Harvey\u003cbr\u003eProfessor of History and Religion, Brown University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Institute of Sacred Arts at St. Vladimir’s Seminary has become a much needed wellspring of wisdom when it comes to the interface between human creativity and the divine. This multidisciplinary book will expand that reputation. A rich and accessible collection that deserves attention from any with interests in the field.\u003cbr\u003e—Jeremy Begbie\u003cbr\u003eProfessor of Theology, Duke University\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Archangels Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48314142359802,"sku":"SVS- PB-RESABO","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0347\/9273\/4852\/files\/Screenshot_11-2-2026_151551_svspress.com.jpg?v=1770844615","url":"https:\/\/archangelsbooks.com\/products\/rethinking-sacred-arts-book","provider":"Archangels Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}