Theology and the Arts: Embodied Belief
A special issue of Religions (ISSN 2077-1444).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 June 2025 | Viewed by 4257
Special Issue Editors
Interests: religious ethics; carceral studies; theology and visual culture; Asian and Asian American theology
Interests: womanist theology; embodied theology and the arts; diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and justice; contemplative practices
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We cordially invite article submissions based on original research for the upcoming Special Issue, “Theology and the Arts: Embodied Belief”. The purpose of the Special Issue is to gather new scholarship by practitioners and theologians from a variety of backgrounds who are working at the intersection of the interdisciplinary study of theology and the arts. While most scholarship in this emerging field focuses on “theology through the arts” or on the ways in which a particular genre of art illustrates a specific doctrine, this volume centers on embodiment as it relates to a theological understanding of the arts—that is, the ways in which the arts can come to embody and reflect (both through various media but also through the human body itself) experiences of the divine. In this way, art that embodies and re-presents revelation is rooted in a theology of incarnation, where the experience of God is mediated by material structures. By inviting not just theoretical perspectives on the notion of embodiment vis à vis the arts, but also theological reflections rooted in the experience of making and performing art, we hope to enhance the existing body of literature on the topic by bridging gaps between theology and the practice of art making. To this end, we invite work that engages a theology of embodiment from the perspective of the full range of artistic genres—the visual arts, dance, literature and poetry, music, and performance—as well as work that engages the ethics of art making as it relates these themes.
Dr. Franklin Tanner Capps
Dr. Josie Hoover
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- theology and the arts
- ritual
- embodiment
- performance
- incarnation
- liturgical studies
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