... grotesque the spiritual path artistic taste true religion religious traditions Christianity shared identity abstract art It is no secret that not everyone who follows a religious or spiritual path has a keen taste for the arts, or chooses to exercise that taste. ¹ In fact, if a religious...

... who love art would assert that aesthetics is not the core of religion and spirituality, and this chapter takes on artistic taste in the concept of theology and religion. Bible Catholicism Roman Jesus Christ sacred the Sullivan Andrew taste worship art beauty Bonaventure drama Edwards...

...Christians frequently come into conflict with themselves and others over such matters as music, popular culture, and worship style. Yet they usually lack any theology of art or taste adequate to deal with aesthetic disputes. This book offers a constructive, “ecumenical” approach to artistic taste...

...Exploring Peru’s lively music industry and the studio producers, radio DJs, and program directors that drive it, this book is an account of the deliberate development of artistic taste. Focusing on popular huayno music and the ways it has been promoted to Peru’s emerging middle class, the author...