Despite the numerous examples throughout history, the study of secular spirituality in art was mostly ignored until recently by contemporary writers, critics, historians, philosophers and educators. In my thesis, through the examination of selected images and writings, I determine how a differentiation between doctrinal and secular spirituality can be established. The importance of a rooted cosmopolitan outlook with respect to cross-cultural artistic manifestations is explored with the aim of synthesizing spiritual elements that transcend all cultures. The political, social and educational implications of ignoring spirituality are examined. A proposal to incorporate spirituality into education is introduced using art as a means to self-knowledge and understanding the implications of interconnectedness.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Victoria University (Melbourne, Vic.), 2006. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Dept. of Art and Art History and Center for Religious Studies. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2005. / "A dissertation in art history and religious studies." Advisor: Maude Southwell Wahlman. Typescript. Vita. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition Description based on contents viewed Jan. 29, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 354-398). Online version of the print edition.

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Thesis (M.F.A.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 1994. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 18).

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This Master's research project begins from the question: is it possible that the phenomenon of the contemporary corporate-controlled urban environment- as epitomised by the enclosed shopping mall and highrise office block (protected by high-tech surveillance) paradoxically is giving rise to the development of an art practice which represents a new type of spirituality-one which is secular, complex and inclusive rather than religious and reductive? My thesis investigates this question through drawing upon writings by relevant theorists and critics; through a comparative examination of selected works by a number of notable, new mid-career and emerging international and Australian photo media artists and through my self-reflective art practice. In support of my thesis I particularly examine a number of photographic works which seek to reflect both the meditative and the anxious moments which characterise the way we experience everyday reality within our globalised consumer culture. These images are not traditionally religious in any sense but rather reflect the tension between materialism and a desire to escape this through negation of consumerism and corporate image marketing. The kind of images this contradictory response gives rise to I believe can be seen to reflect a 'temporary' or provisional sense of the sublime which transcends- or transforms- the banal and the ordinary in the presented reality. / Thesis (MVisualArts)--University of South Australia, 2004.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2008. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-169).

Thesis (M.F.A.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 1993. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 17).

Thesis (M.F.A.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 1987. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 27).