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Religion, Aesthetics and Morality
Citation
Ezzy, D, Religion, Aesthetics and Morality, TASA 2013 Conference proceedings, 25th-28th November 2013, Melbourne, pp. 1-10. ISBN 9780646911267 (2013) [Conference Extract]
Abstract
This article examines the aesthetic turn in contemporary religious practice. I argue that aesthetic modes
of representation are central to the religious practices, myths, and rituals, that shape moral practice.
The paper draws on Nietzsche’s analysis of aesthetics and Carl Einstein’s examination of the relationship of aesthetics to myth and ritual. Empirically, the role of aesthetics is manifest in a number of contemporary ethnographies of religion that emphasise practice, embodiment and performance to
religion. I argue that aesthetic experience is crucial in the construction of moral relationships, and
ethical demands, that arise out of religious practice.
Item Details
Item Type: | Conference Extract |
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Research Division: | Human Society |
Research Group: | Sociology |
Research Field: | Sociology not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in human society |
UTAS Author: | Ezzy, D (Professor Douglas Ezzy) |
ID Code: | 89737 |
Year Published: | 2013 |
Deposited By: | School of Social Sciences |
Deposited On: | 2014-03-13 |
Last Modified: | 2014-03-13 |
Downloads: | 0 |
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