Religion as Art: Guadalupe, Orishas, and Sufi
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (704 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0826345700 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 353 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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From the Inside Flap These essays explore the relationship between religious practice and the arts in three different world cultures.
""an experiment"" according to Michael L. Keleher. "This anthology represents an experiment," comments editor and UCLA musicologist Steve Loza in his introduction and acknowledgements. Those involved in the project hope the collection of essays "will serve as a source of information, perspective, and philosophical insight, and encourage scholars and artists to persist in this mode of hope, faith, and love." In his article Loza notes "assessing the arts from a unified approach, instead of the separate disciplinary modes of music, dance, visual art, theater, and so on,. An anthology of essays by learned authors examining religious icons, and their spiritual value above and beyond symbolism Midwest Book Review Religion as Art: Guadalupe, Orishas, and Sufi is an anthology of essays by learned authors examining religious icons, and their spiritual value above and beyond symbolism. From the devotion of people's belief in the Virgen de Guadalupe, to the West African Yoruba religion's foundation in a divination system called "orishas", to the Sufi sect of Islam's worship of God through musical and textual pieces of blissful devotion, Religion as Art seeks to compare and contrast cultural practices in search of a better understan
Steven Loza explores how the iconic aspects of religion transcend mere symbolism with a collection of essays that examine the arts and their relationship to religious belief in three cultural areas of the world: the Mexican mestizo belief in the Virgen de Guadalupe, the West African Yoruba religion's base in a divination system of orishas, and the Sufi sect of Islam's musical/textual practices of devotional ecstasy to God.The essays included here were originally presented at the 2004 international conference "Towards a Theory for Religion as Art: Guadalupe, Orishas, and Sufi," organized by the Arts of the Americas Institute at the University of New Mexico. While they reflect the interdisciplinary design and dialogue of the conference, the essays also reveal that many of the arts are conceptualized cross-culturally, ranging from visual art and poetry to music and dance, and offer comparative studies of their relationships to society, politics, and culture in general.
Steven Loza is professor of ethnomusicology at UCLA, adjunct professor in the department of music, University of New Mexico, and the former director of the Arts of the Americas Institute, UNM. His publications include Barrio Rhythm: Mexican American Music in Los Angeles and Tito Puente and the Making of Latin Music.