Religious Authority and the Arts

Liam Francis Gearon is Senior Research Fellow at Harris Manchester College and Associate Professor in the Department of Education, University of Oxford. With a doctorate in English literature, Dr. Gearon has wide multi- and interdisciplinary interests. He has written or edited more than twenty books in religion, politics, education, and literature, and has undertaken consultancy work for UNESCO, Paris. His work has been translated into a range of languages, including Georgian, Japanese, and Russian. Previous positions include two full professorships at Roehampton University and Plymouth University and two honorary professorships in Australia at the Australian Catholic University and at Newcastle University. He has undertaken funded research for the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the British Academy, and the Leverhulme Trust.

Contents: Religious Authority and the Arts: Aesthetics, Politics, Theology – Political-Theological Convergence: The Church of England – Political-Theological Conservatism: Catholicism, Orthodox Christianity and Evangelical Protestantism – Political-Theological Crisis: Judaism – Political-Theological Confrontation: Islam – Political-Theological (Re-) Construal (I): Hinduism – Political-Theological (Re-) Construal (II): Buddhism – Political-Theological Condemnation – Political-Theological Critique: What the Writers Say.