There Is No Such Thing as a Curry
Many people associate Indian food with the generic curry. However, India has a rich and varied cuisine. One of the very first things I noted, when visiting India for the …
Sightseeing/Sight and Seeing
I was recently in London. I have been asked to write a short piece on the permanent exhibition ‘Understanding Hinduism’ at the Swaminarayan Temple for the Religion Collection and Heritage …
Food, Culture and Identity
In this post, I suggest that food is inherently cultural, rather than simply nutritional. I will introduce two important commentators whose theories can enhance our understanding of the relationship between …
Iconoclasts and Iconodules
In this post I will be looking at two opposing views about the relationship between art and religion – people who believe that images are an inimical to the religious …
Is it Religious Art?
In this post I will start to address the question of what makes a work of art religious. Is it possible to clearly distinguish religious art from secular art? I …
But is it Art?
This is the introduction to the posts that will follow about religion and the arts. In this introductory post I explore the question ‘what is art?’. Philosophers of art have …