'Angels of Desire' shows the relevance of the subtle body for religion, philosophy, art history, ... more 'Angels of Desire' shows the relevance of the subtle body for religion, philosophy, art history, especially contemporary feminist religious studies and theories of desire. What emerges from this analysis is an understanding of embodiment not exclusively tied to materiality and a re-negotiation of dualisms at the heart of western discourse: mind/body, divine/human, matter/spirit, reason/emotion, I/other.
Mediating Faiths: Religion and Socio-Cultural Change in the Twenty-First Century. Ed. Michael Bailey and Guy Redden. Farnham, UK: Ashgate Publishing: 75–87. , 2011
Culture and Religion: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018
This paper responds to Steven Sutcliffe’s call to broaden and “revitaliz[e]” (2014: 41) the theor... more This paper responds to Steven Sutcliffe’s call to broaden and “revitaliz[e]” (2014: 41) the theoretical understanding of New Age practice. It has two aims: to produce a sketch of New Age artistic production – its most typical forms and genres – and to account for some, though not all, of its surprises and puzzles by reference to the specific functions and contexts of New Age art forms, including books, films, paintings and music.
Analysis of New Age art is surprisingly underdeveloped relative to analysis of the New Age as a consumerist phenomenon. It appears that the New Age is approached principally as a consumption machine, without sustained consideration of the cultural forms that it produces as anything more than commodities. In addressing this issue we argue that New Age art has three orientations: communicating dogma; facilitating change and catalysing embodied responses. Although this survey leaves us with more puzzles than answers, this paper aims to extend understanding of the New Age empirically and theoretically.
'Angels of Desire' shows the relevance of the subtle body for religion, philosophy, art history, ... more 'Angels of Desire' shows the relevance of the subtle body for religion, philosophy, art history, especially contemporary feminist religious studies and theories of desire. What emerges from this analysis is an understanding of embodiment not exclusively tied to materiality and a re-negotiation of dualisms at the heart of western discourse: mind/body, divine/human, matter/spirit, reason/emotion, I/other.
Mediating Faiths: Religion and Socio-Cultural Change in the Twenty-First Century. Ed. Michael Bailey and Guy Redden. Farnham, UK: Ashgate Publishing: 75–87. , 2011
Culture and Religion: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018
This paper responds to Steven Sutcliffe’s call to broaden and “revitaliz[e]” (2014: 41) the theor... more This paper responds to Steven Sutcliffe’s call to broaden and “revitaliz[e]” (2014: 41) the theoretical understanding of New Age practice. It has two aims: to produce a sketch of New Age artistic production – its most typical forms and genres – and to account for some, though not all, of its surprises and puzzles by reference to the specific functions and contexts of New Age art forms, including books, films, paintings and music.
Analysis of New Age art is surprisingly underdeveloped relative to analysis of the New Age as a consumerist phenomenon. It appears that the New Age is approached principally as a consumption machine, without sustained consideration of the cultural forms that it produces as anything more than commodities. In addressing this issue we argue that New Age art has three orientations: communicating dogma; facilitating change and catalysing embodied responses. Although this survey leaves us with more puzzles than answers, this paper aims to extend understanding of the New Age empirically and theoretically.
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Analysis of New Age art is surprisingly underdeveloped relative to analysis of the New Age as a consumerist phenomenon. It appears that the New Age is approached principally as a consumption machine, without sustained consideration of the cultural forms that it produces as anything more than commodities. In addressing this issue we argue that New Age art has three orientations: communicating dogma; facilitating change and catalysing embodied responses. Although this survey leaves us with more puzzles than answers, this paper aims to extend understanding of the New Age empirically and theoretically.
Analysis of New Age art is surprisingly underdeveloped relative to analysis of the New Age as a consumerist phenomenon. It appears that the New Age is approached principally as a consumption machine, without sustained consideration of the cultural forms that it produces as anything more than commodities. In addressing this issue we argue that New Age art has three orientations: communicating dogma; facilitating change and catalysing embodied responses. Although this survey leaves us with more puzzles than answers, this paper aims to extend understanding of the New Age empirically and theoretically.