Robert W. Clark

Art performances and religious rituals: How transformative experiences can foster knowledge

October 7, 2021 Valerie van Mulukom, Armin W. Geertz, Robert W. Clark et al. 2 citations preprint

In this chapter, we explore parallels between art and religion through culture and symbolic systems, drawing from past sociologists, anthropologists, philosophers, and current cognitive research. We argue that the creation of the arts and religion – as particularly important human cultural phenomena – allowed for subjective knowledge to become represented in symbols and artefacts, the latter...