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Announcements, Conferences, Exhibitions

Announcements, Conferences, Exhibitions A NNOUNCEMENTS , C ONFERENCES , E XHIBITIONS “Losing My Religion: What Needs Revising in the Prevailing Theory about the Rise of English Studies ” 19 March 2003, Boston College, Boston MA. Lecture by Dayton Haskin. For more information, contact Religion and the Arts at 617-552-3729. “Between Renaissance and Baroque: Jesuit Art in Rome, 1564-1610” 20 March 2003, Boston College, Boston MA. Lecture by Gauvin Bailey. For more information, contact the Jesuit Institute at Boston College at 617-552-8290. “Mystery and Meaning in the Arts: The Fourth Annual Art & Soul program” 20-22 March 2003, Baylor University, Waco TX. Mystery pervades good art – whether literary, musical, theatrical, or visual. Indeed, the presence of mystery in the arts helps express the subtleties of meaning and complexities of interpretation that distinguish lasting works from the merely faddish. This is because mystery is an inte- gral part of life, a tenet long acknowledged within theological re ection. After all, our Ž nite standing before an inŽ nite God necessitates ambi- guity, something that can occasion wonderment as well as despair. To deprive either art or our lives of mystery misguidedly impoverishes them both, to our detriment. Understanding the role of mystery http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Religion and the Arts Brill

Announcements, Conferences, Exhibitions

Religion and the Arts , Volume 7 (1-2): 212 – Jan 1, 2003
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© 2003 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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A NNOUNCEMENTS , C ONFERENCES , E XHIBITIONS “Losing My Religion: What Needs Revising in the Prevailing Theory about the Rise of English Studies ” 19 March 2003, Boston College, Boston MA. Lecture by Dayton Haskin. For more information, contact Religion and the Arts at 617-552-3729. “Between Renaissance and Baroque: Jesuit Art in Rome, 1564-1610” 20 March 2003, Boston College, Boston MA. Lecture by Gauvin Bailey. For more information, contact the Jesuit Institute at Boston College at 617-552-8290. “Mystery and Meaning in the Arts: The Fourth Annual Art & Soul program” 20-22 March 2003, Baylor University, Waco TX. Mystery pervades good art – whether literary, musical, theatrical, or visual. Indeed, the presence of mystery in the arts helps express the subtleties of meaning and complexities of interpretation that distinguish lasting works from the merely faddish. This is because mystery is an inte- gral part of life, a tenet long acknowledged within theological re ection. After all, our Ž nite standing before an inŽ nite God necessitates ambi- guity, something that can occasion wonderment as well as despair. To deprive either art or our lives of mystery misguidedly impoverishes them both, to our detriment. Understanding the role of mystery

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