The Role of Personality In Moving Encounters with Sacred Art
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies December 31, 2024 Jacob Lang, Despina Stamatopoulou, Gerald C. Cupchik
In Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions, the material world is understood to contain access points to the transcendent. An icon may move the awestruck believer to emotional engagement and reflection on moral and religious themes. Personality dispositions potentiating the experience of being moved in religious aesthetic contexts have not been thoroughly studied. The present article...