Lexi Eikelboom is a Senior Research Fellow in Religion and Theology at the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry at Australian Catholic University, Australia.David Newheiser is Associate Professor of Religion at Florida State University.

Art Making as Spiritual Practice offers a unique approach to the study of religion and the arts. By pairing theorists with practitioners, readers are able to peer into the ritualistic qualities of art making.

• FiguresNotes on ContributorsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction – Lexi Eikelboom (Haverford College, USA)Part One: Frames1. Religion, Art, Ritual: The History of Concepts, the Operation of Power – David Newheiser (Australian Catholic University, Australia) 2. The Challenge of Approaching Art-Making Through Practice and Discourse – Lexi Eikelboom (Haverford College, USA)Part Two: Practices Movement3. Movement in the Catholic Eucharist: Vulnerability and Precarity – Natalie Carnes (Baylor University, USA)Reflection – Heather Hesterman4. Movement in Heather Hesterman’s Community Practice: Collective Attention and Practical Knowledge – Alison Fitchett-Climenhaga (Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University, Australia) Time5. The Temporality of a Medieval Brahmanical Procession: Ritual Time and the Time of “Ritual” – Marko Geslani (University of South Carolina, USA)Reflection – Adam Lee6. Time in Adam Lee’s Painting Practice: An Art of Keeping Company – Alda Balthrop-Lewis (Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University, Australia) Medium7. Medium in Transformation: Sermons, Video Recordings, and Arthur Jafa’s akingdoncomethas – Jonathan Anderson (Duke University, USA)Reflection – Chris Bond8. Medium in Chris Bond’s Drawing Practice: Reproductive Negations – Killian Quigley (Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Australia) Subtraction9. Subtraction in Art and Ritual: Effacement, Desire, and Universalizing Gestures – Elayne OliphantReflection – Live Particle10. Subtraction in Live Particle’s Somatic Practice: The Poetics of Heidegger’s Abyss – Maurizio Toscano (Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne, Australia) Invention11. Invention in Aleinu: On the Creation and Transformation of Ritual – Molly Farneth (Haverford College, USA)Reflection – Dominic Redfern12. Invention in Dominic Redfern’s Video Practice: The Art of Discovery – Benjamin R. DeSpain (Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University, Australia) Attention13. Attention in Rituals of Menace: Homeric Oath-Making Rituals and the 2014 Sotloff Beheading Video – Margo Kitts (College of Liberal Arts, Hawai‘i Pacific University, USA)Reflection – Harry Nankin14. Attention in Harry Nankin’s Photography Practice: Assisting Nature to Write Itself – Jason Goroncy (Whitley College, Australia) Listening15. Knowing Through Liturgical Practice: Spiritual Poesis – Graham Ward (University of Oxford, UK)Reflection – Mark Newbound16. Deep Listening in Mark Newbound’s Video Practice: Embodied Knowledge Production from Decolonial Perspectives – Enqi Weng (Alfred Deakin Institute, Deakin University, Australia) Part Three: DisciplinesSocial Science17. Art Performances and Religious Rituals: How Transformative Experiences Can Foster Knowledge – Valerie van Mulukom (Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University, UK), Armin Geertz, Robert Clark, and Miguel FariasReflection – Sarah TomasettiArt History18. Theorizing Ritual and Art After Modernity – Deborah Lewer (University of Glasgow, UK)Part Four: Conclusion19. The Power of Unknowing in Art and Religion – David Newheiser (Australian Catholic University, Australia)BibliographyIndex

Lexi Eikelboom is a Senior Research Fellow in Religion and Theology at the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry at Australian Catholic University, Australia.David Newheiser is Associate Professor of Religion at Florida State University.

Art Making as Spiritual Practice offers a unique approach to the study of religion and the arts. By pairing theorists with practitioners, readers are able to peer into the ritualistic qualities of art making.

• FiguresNotes on ContributorsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction – Lexi Eikelboom (Haverford College, USA)Part One: Frames1. Religion, Art, Ritual: The History of Concepts, the Operation of Power – David Newheiser (Australian Catholic University, Australia) 2. The Challenge of Approaching Art-Making Through Practice and Discourse – Lexi Eikelboom (Haverford College, USA)Part Two: Practices Movement3. Movement in the Catholic Eucharist: Vulnerability and Precarity – Natalie Carnes (Baylor University, USA)Reflection – Heather Hesterman4. Movement in Heather Hesterman’s Community Practice: Collective Attention and Practical Knowledge – Alison Fitchett-Climenhaga (Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University, Australia) Time5. The Temporality of a Medieval Brahmanical Procession: Ritual Time and the Time of “Ritual” – Marko Geslani (University of South Carolina, USA)Reflection – Adam Lee6. Time in Adam Lee’s Painting Practice: An Art of Keeping Company – Alda Balthrop-Lewis (Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University, Australia) Medium7. Medium in Transformation: Sermons, Video Recordings, and Arthur Jafa’s akingdoncomethas – Jonathan Anderson (Duke University, USA)Reflection – Chris Bond8. Medium in Chris Bond’s Drawing Practice: Reproductive Negations – Killian Quigley (Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Australia) Subtraction9. Subtraction in Art and Ritual: Effacement, Desire, and Universalizing Gestures – Elayne OliphantReflection – Live Particle10. Subtraction in Live Particle’s Somatic Practice: The Poetics of Heidegger’s Abyss – Maurizio Toscano (Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne, Australia) Invention11. Invention in Aleinu: On the Creation and Transformation of Ritual – Molly Farneth (Haverford College, USA)Reflection – Dominic Redfern12. Invention in Dominic Redfern’s Video Practice: The Art of Discovery – Benjamin R. DeSpain (Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University, Australia) Attention13. Attention in Rituals of Menace: Homeric Oath-Making Rituals and the 2014 Sotloff Beheading Video – Margo Kitts (College of Liberal Arts, Hawai‘i Pacific University, USA)Reflection – Harry Nankin14. Attention in Harry Nankin’s Photography Practice: Assisting Nature to Write Itself – Jason Goroncy (Whitley College, Australia) Listening15. Knowing Through Liturgical Practice: Spiritual Poesis – Graham Ward (University of Oxford, UK)Reflection – Mark Newbound16. Deep Listening in Mark Newbound’s Video Practice: Embodied Knowledge Production from Decolonial Perspectives – Enqi Weng (Alfred Deakin Institute, Deakin University, Australia) Part Three: DisciplinesSocial Science17. Art Performances and Religious Rituals: How Transformative Experiences Can Foster Knowledge – Valerie van Mulukom (Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University, UK), Armin Geertz, Robert Clark, and Miguel FariasReflection – Sarah TomasettiArt History18. Theorizing Ritual and Art After Modernity – Deborah Lewer (University of Glasgow, UK)Part Four: Conclusion19. The Power of Unknowing in Art and Religion – David Newheiser (Australian Catholic University, Australia)BibliographyIndex

Lexi Eikelboom is a Senior Research Fellow in Religion and Theology at the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry at Australian Catholic University, Australia.David Newheiser is Associate Professor of Religion at Florida State University.

Art Making as Spiritual Practice offers a unique approach to the study of religion and the arts. By pairing theorists with practitioners, readers are able to peer into the ritualistic qualities of art making.

• FiguresNotes on ContributorsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction – Lexi Eikelboom (Haverford College, USA)Part One: Frames1. Religion, Art, Ritual: The History of Concepts, the Operation of Power – David Newheiser (Australian Catholic University, Australia) 2. The Challenge of Approaching Art-Making Through Practice and Discourse – Lexi Eikelboom (Haverford College, USA)Part Two: Practices Movement3. Movement in the Catholic Eucharist: Vulnerability and Precarity – Natalie Carnes (Baylor University, USA)Reflection – Heather Hesterman4. Movement in Heather Hesterman’s Community Practice: Collective Attention and Practical Knowledge – Alison Fitchett-Climenhaga (Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University, Australia) Time5. The Temporality of a Medieval Brahmanical Procession: Ritual Time and the Time of “Ritual” – Marko Geslani (University of South Carolina, USA)Reflection – Adam Lee6. Time in Adam Lee’s Painting Practice: An Art of Keeping Company – Alda Balthrop-Lewis (Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University, Australia) Medium7. Medium in Transformation: Sermons, Video Recordings, and Arthur Jafa’s akingdoncomethas – Jonathan Anderson (Duke University, USA)Reflection – Chris Bond8. Medium in Chris Bond’s Drawing Practice: Reproductive Negations – Killian Quigley (Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Australia) Subtraction9. Subtraction in Art and Ritual: Effacement, Desire, and Universalizing Gestures – Elayne OliphantReflection – Live Particle10. Subtraction in Live Particle’s Somatic Practice: The Poetics of Heidegger’s Abyss – Maurizio Toscano (Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne, Australia) Invention11. Invention in Aleinu: On the Creation and Transformation of Ritual – Molly Farneth (Haverford College, USA)Reflection – Dominic Redfern12. Invention in Dominic Redfern’s Video Practice: The Art of Discovery – Benjamin R. DeSpain (Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University, Australia) Attention13. Attention in Rituals of Menace: Homeric Oath-Making Rituals and the 2014 Sotloff Beheading Video – Margo Kitts (College of Liberal Arts, Hawai‘i Pacific University, USA)Reflection – Harry Nankin14. Attention in Harry Nankin’s Photography Practice: Assisting Nature to Write Itself – Jason Goroncy (Whitley College, Australia) Listening15. Knowing Through Liturgical Practice: Spiritual Poesis – Graham Ward (University of Oxford, UK)Reflection – Mark Newbound16. Deep Listening in Mark Newbound’s Video Practice: Embodied Knowledge Production from Decolonial Perspectives – Enqi Weng (Alfred Deakin Institute, Deakin University, Australia) Part Three: DisciplinesSocial Science17. Art Performances and Religious Rituals: How Transformative Experiences Can Foster Knowledge – Valerie van Mulukom (Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University, UK), Armin Geertz, Robert Clark, and Miguel FariasReflection – Sarah TomasettiArt History18. Theorizing Ritual and Art After Modernity – Deborah Lewer (University of Glasgow, UK)Part Four: Conclusion19. The Power of Unknowing in Art and Religion – David Newheiser (Australian Catholic University, Australia)BibliographyIndex