Meaning-Full Expression: An Interfaith Exploration through the Arts
This six-week course emphasizes engaging the heart as well as the mind, inviting participants to encounter art as a way of discovering meaning and interfaith understanding.
Description
Meaning-Full Expression: An Interfaith Exploration Through the Arts is a six-week virtual course sponsored by Process & Faith, SPARKS, the Center for Process Studies’ arts collective, and The Interfaith Center. Taught by Jay McDaniel with guest artists from diverse faith traditions, the course explores how art can become a vital space where spirituality, meaning, and lived experience meet.
Grounded in process philosophy/theology, the series emphasizes engaging the heart as well as the mind, inviting participants to encounter art as a way of discovering meaning and interfaith understanding. Each one-hour session weaves together artist presentations, immersive engagement with an art piece, guided reflection, and dialogue that connects artistic practice with interfaith wisdom and process thought.
Course Outline
- SESSION 1 – Hindu Perspectives: Kuchipudi Dance with Shruthi Dubbaka
- SESSION 2 – Christian Perspectives: Photographs and Poetic Prayer with Lisa Thorpe
- SESSION 3 – Jewish Perspectives: Poetry with Carol Rose
- SESSION 4 – Buddhist Perspectives: Painting with Adrianne Smith
- SESSION 5 – Muslim Perspectives: Digital Calligraphy with Ahmet Arduc
- SESSION 6 – Chinese Perspectives: Classical Chinese Aesthetics with Dr. Meijun Fan