What is Religious Art?

In 1987, F. Thomas Trotter wrote the essay, "What is Religious Art?" Trotter is a graduate of Occidental College (AB) and Boston University (STB, Ph.D). He was also Dean and Professor of Theology at the Claremont School of Theology. Later he was General Secretary of the Board of Higher Education and Ministry of The United Methodist Church and President of Alaska Pacific University. His special interests are in religion and the arts and religion in higher education. The essay originally appeared in Loving God With One’s Mind, by F. Thomas Trotter, copyright 1987 by the Board of Higher Education and Ministry of the United Methodist Church.