The Society for the Arts in Religious and Theological Studies had its charter meeting at the 2002 AAR/SBL (American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature) conference. The Society was organized to provide a forum for scholars and artists interested in the intersections between theology, religion, and the arts, to share thoughts, challenge ideas, strategize approaches in the classroom, and to advance the discipline in theological and religious studies curricula.
The Society for the Arts in Religious and Theological Studies had its charter meeting at the 2002 AAR/SBL (American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature) conference. The Society was organized to provide a forum for scholars and artists interested in the intersections between theology, religion, and the arts, to share thoughts, challenge ideas, strategize approaches in the classroom, and to advance the discipline in theological and religious studies curricula.
The goal of the SARTS is to attract consistent participation of a core group of artists and scholars of theology and religion in order to have dialogue about the theological and religious meaning of the arts, and the artistic/aesthetic dimension of theological and religious inquiry.
SARTS offers its members several benefits:
- Innovative programs at the AAR and SBL meetings each year that feature lectures, guided museum tours and presentations by SARTS Facultly and Student Fellowships.
- Yearly Faculty and Student Fellowships, made possible through a grant from the Henry A. Luce Foundation, to support work at the intersection of religion and the arts. Click here for information about the Fellowships or read about past and current projects here.
- A subscription to the journal of the Society, ARTS: The Arts in Religious and Theological Studies.