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How can we think of the “aura” of (sacred) contexts and (sacred) works? How to think of individual and collective (esthetic/religious) experiences? What to make of the manipulative dimension of (religious and esthetic) “auratic” experiences? Is the work of art still capable of mediating the experience of the “sacred,” and under what conditions? What is the significance of the “eschatological” dimension of both art and religion (the sense of “ending”)? Can theology offer a way to reaffirm the creative capacities of the human being as something that characterizes the very condition of being human? This Special Issue aspires to contribute to the growing literature on contemporary art and religion, and to explore the new ways of thinking of art and the sacred (in their esthetic, ideological, and institutional dimensions) in the context of contemporary culture.

aesthetic --- harmony --- n/a --- beauty --- Gerhard Richter --- haptic --- Cologne Cathedral window --- secularism --- iconography --- Strip --- aesthetic experience --- iconology --- retro-avant-garde --- photography --- Augustine --- concepts: image --- Franciscan theology --- faith --- post-secular --- intentionality --- aura --- theurgy --- freedom --- authorship --- Magdalene --- contemporary painting --- mysticism --- wonder --- belief --- sacred --- art --- Vermeer --- chance --- abstract painting --- sensory experience --- skepticism --- digital imagery --- reading/readers --- aesthetics --- rhythm --- book(s) --- culture --- sentience --- Jerome --- ratio --- Art and religion. --- Postsecularism. --- Post-secularism --- Post-secularity --- Philosophy, Modern --- Religion --- Secularism --- Art --- Arts in the church --- Religion and art --- Religious aspects

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The Art of Resistance' surveys the lives of seven painters - Ding Cong (1916-2009), Feng Zikai (1898-1975), Li Keran (1907-89), Li Kuchan (1898-1983), Huang Yongyu (b. 1924), Pan Tianshou (1897-1971), and Shi Lu (1919-82)-during China's Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), a time when they were considered counterrevolutionary and were forbidden to paint. Drawing on interviews with the artists and their families and on materials collected during her visits to China, Shelley Drake Hawks examines their painting styles, political outlooks, and life experiences.These fiercely independent artists took advantage of moments of low surveillance to secretly "paint by candlelight." In doing so, they created symbolically charged art that is open to multiple interpretations. The wit, courage, and compassion of these painters will inspire respect for the deep emotional and spiritual resonance of Chinese art.

Art --- Dissenters, Artistic --- Art, Chinese --- S05/0220 --- S06/0436 --- S17/0410 --- S17/0630 --- Artistic dissenters --- Dissident artists --- Artists --- Dissenters --- Freedom and art --- Chinese art --- Art, Occidental --- Art, Visual --- Art, Western (Western countries) --- Arts, Fine --- Arts, Visual --- Fine arts --- Iconography --- Occidental art --- Visual arts --- Western art (Western countries) --- Arts --- Aesthetics --- Political aspects --- History --- Themes, motives --- China: Biographies and memoirs--20th century: collective biographies --- China: Politics and government--Policy towards literature and art --- China: Art and archaeology--Symbolism in Chinese art, iconography --- China: Art and archaeology--Contemporary painting after 1911 (also European influence) --- Themes, motives. --- Art, Primitive