Religion and aesthetic experience : : drama - sermons - literature / / edited by Sabine Dorpmüller [and three others].

• Superior document: Heidelberg studies on transculturality ; Volume 4
• TeilnehmendeR: Dorpmüller, Sabine,
• Place / Publishing House: Heidelberg : : Heidelberg University Publishing (heiUP),, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Heidelberg studies on transculturality ; Volume 4.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 256 pages).
• Other title: Religion and Aesthetic Experience
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Sabine Dorpmüller [and three others].

Religious aesthetics have gained increasing importance over the past few years in the fields of Religious studies and Islamic studies. This volume highlights the transcultural dimensions of the theoretical foundations of religious aesthetics. It explores aesthetic experience in the religious field through a series of case studies. These include Islamic sermons from the Middle East and South Asia, Islamic religious chanting, a chapter of the Qurʼān, a German performance artist, Indian rasa theory, and Arabic and Bengali literature. Together, the authors demonstrate that the analysis of the aesthetic forms of religious mediation across regions and genres is a fruitful approach to transcultural studies.