Author: Verrips, Jojada

Source: Material Religion: The Journal of Objects, Art and Belief, Volume 4, Number 2, July 2008 , pp. 204-225(22)

Publisher: Berg Publishers

Abstract:

This article deals with artistic imagery characterized by an unconventional use of conventional Christian representations of the holy and the sacred and tries to answer the question as to why so many believers feel hurt by this kind of art. It is argued that one can better understand this reaction if one is prepared to accept that all sensorial sensations are variations of touch and that religion is an embodied phenomenon.

Keywords: ART AND RELIGION; BLASPHEMY; EMBODIMENT; SENSE OF TOUCH

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2752/175183408X328316

Publication date: 2008-07-01

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