Can Art Affect Belief Systems? -
closer to truth's arts seeking understanding

Many belief systems, religions in particular, use art for promoting their messages and furthering their missions. What makes art so effective in building and solidifying religious traditions? Can art attract and motivate converts? Is affecting or changing belief systems a proper use of art?

Duration: 26 minutes and 45 seconds

Episode Number: 103

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Art delights us, but how and why? What makes art transcendent and how does the art-transcendence nexus engage the mind? Explore art, appreciate art, with cognitive science, neuroscience, philosophy of art, philosophy of mind, philosophy of religion, art history, theology, sociology, and more.

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