CrossCurrents: The Work of Art in the Context of Religion

CrossCurrents connects the wisdom of the heart with the life of the mind and the experiences of the body. The journal is operated through its parent organization, the Association for Public Religion and Intellectual Life (APRIL), an interreligious network of academics, activists, artists, and community leaders seeking to engage the many ways religion meets the public. Contributions to the journal exist at the nexus of religion, education, the arts, and social justice.

In the June 2024 issue of CrossCurrents:

“Introduction: The Work of Art in the Context of Religion” by Bryan Rennie

“Before and after the Ikon” by Fr. Dr. Stephan Vaneyan

“The Work of Art in Spiritual Experience” by Regina Coupar

“In Damanhur, Everything is Art” by Luigi Berzano and Stambecco Pesco

“Counter-virtues and the Work of Art in Wolfgang Laib” by Jeffrey L. Kosky

“Art That Works: Nietzsche’s Figures of Suffering” by Zoe Anthony

“Modern Art as Symbolic Representation: A Critical Analysis of Modernism in Mircea Eliade’s Works” by Gabriel Badea

“Harold Cohen’s AARON: A posthumous emergence story” reviewed by Irina
Sheynfeld

“Alda Balthrop-Lewis, Thoreau’s Religion: Walden Woods, Social Justice, and the Politics of Asceticism.” reviewed by Winifred Whalen

“Arlene Shechet: joie de vivre!” reviewed by Irina Sheynfeld