J. Sage Elwell, Ph.D.

• Articles & Essays
  • Inspired by the Word: The Bible Through the Eyes of the Great Masters. Nashville, TN: Worthy Publishing, 2017.
  • “Where Embodiment Meets Environment: A Meditation on the Work of Hans Breder and Ana Mendieta with Accompanying Interview with Hans Breder.” In Art, Religion, and the Environment, edited by Forrest Clingerman. Boston: Brill Publishers, 2016.
  • “TechnoTopia: The Convergence of Art and Technology in the Twentieth Century and Beyond.” In Hope and the Longing For Utopia. Edited by Daniel Boscaljon. Oregon: Pickwick Publications, 2014, 180-193.
  • “Atheism and the Visual Arts.” Oxford Handbook of Atheism. Edited by Stephen Bullivant and Hichael Ruse. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013, 698-709.
  • “The Transmediated Self.” Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies. (September 12, 2013): 1-17.
  • “The Devil in Fred Stonehouse: The Aesthetics of Evil After Evil.” The Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies 11.12 (May 2013): 3-28.
  • “Embracing Failure and Extending Grace in a Digital Age: Viewing The Social Network and Catfish Theologically.” In Light Shining in a Dark Place: Discovering Theology Through Film. Edited by Jeff Sellars. Oregon: Pickwick Publications, 2012, 63-77.
  • “Reflections From the Bottom of a Brillo Box: An Inquiry into the End(s) of Art.” Religion and the Arts 16.5 (December 2012): 539-559.
• Books
  • Religion and the Digital Arts. Leiden: Brill, 2020
  • Crisis of Transcendence: A Theology of Digital Art and Culture. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2011.

• “The Passionate Failure of Jim Harvey,” presented at the 1st annual Theopoetics Conference on March 19th, 2016 at Boston University.
• “Out of the Box: The Art and Death of James Harvey (A Kierkegaardian Analysis)”, presented at the annual meeting of the Southwest Commission on Religious Studies, March 13th, 2016 in Dallas, Texas.
• “Augmented Reality in Sacred Space,” presented at the 2nd annual Digitorium Conference on the Digital Humanities, March 3rd, 2016 at the University of Alabama.
• “The Seven Deadly Sins of the Digicene.” The Biannual Conference of the International Society for Religion, Literature and Culture. September 19, 2014. Leuven, Belgium.
• “The Sacrifice of James Harvey.” The 9th annual Religion, Literature, and the Arts Conference. The University of Iowa, Iowa City. September 2013.
• “Ecstasy, Terror, and Delirium: Atheism and the Failure of Religious Experience.” American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. Baltimore, Maryland. November, 2013.
• “Making the Mask of Inhumanity: Oliver de Sagazan’s Transfiguration and the Technological Inhuman.” American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. Baltimore, Maryland. November, 2013.
• “The Metaphor of Art and Religion: The Presence of Meaning After Atheism.” Biannual Conference of the International Society of Religion, Literature, and Culture. Copenhagen, Denmark. October, 2012.

Co-Chair of the Religion and Humanism Group for the American Academy of Religion