Steven Loza explores how the iconic aspects of religion transcend
mere symbolism with a collection of essays that examine the arts
and their relationship to religious belief in three cultural areas
of the world: the Mexican mestizo belief in the Virgen de
Guadalupe, the West African Yoruba religion's base in a divination
system of orishas, and the Sufi sect of Islam's musical/textual
practices of devotional ecstasy to God. The essays included here
were originally presented at the 2004 international conference
"Towards a Theory for Religion as Art: Guadalupe, Orishas, and
Sufi," organized by the Arts of the Americas Institute at the
University of New Mexico. While they reflect the interdisciplinary
design and dialogue of the conference, the essays also reveal that
many of the arts are conceptualized cross-culturally, ranging from
visual art and poetry to music and dance, and offer comparative
studies of their relationships to society, politics, and culture in
general. Contributors to Religion as Art Gregory A. Cajete,
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Timothy Canova, Chapman
University, Orange, California Martinus Cawley, Guadalupe Trappist
Abbey, Lafayette, Oregon Francisco Crespo, University of
California, Los Angeles Lorena D az N ez, Centro Nacional de
Investigaci n, Documentaci n e Informaci n Musical, Mexico City
Akin Euba, University of Pittsburgh Francisco Miranda God nez,
Colegio de Michoac n, Mexico Juan G mez-Qui ones, University of
California, Los Angeles Linda B. Hall, University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque Clarence Henry, University of Kansas Ray Hern ndez-Dur
n, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Teresa Marrero, University
of North Texas Orlando Ricardo Menes, University of Notre Dame
Margaret Montoya, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Charles
Moore, Long Beach State University, California Luis A. Payan,
University of Texas, El Paso Stafford Poole, C.M., Los Angeles A.
J. Racy, University of California, Los Angeles Joe Sando, Jemez
Pueblo, New Mexico Janice Schuetz, University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque Robert Stevenson, University of California, Los Angeles
Sylvia Tan, University of California, Los Angeles Maria Williams,
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
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