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Spiritual Moderns: Twentieth-Century American Artists and Religion is a 2023 book by art historian and American studies scholar Erika Doss, published by the University of Chicago Press. Doss studies the relationship between religion and American modern art through case studies of four twentieth-century American artists—Joseph Cornell, Mark Tobey, Agnes Pelton, and Andy Warhol. Each artist's religious beliefs influenced their modern artistic practices: Cornell with Christian Science, Tobey with the Bahá’í Faith, Pelton with metaphysical movements such as Theosophy, and Warhol with Catholicism. The book analyzes how religious ideas shaped modern art in America and addresses the often overlooked role of spirituality within American modernism. The book was shortlisted for the 2024 Religion and the Arts Book Award from the American Academy of Religion, and was listed one of the best art books of 2023 by Hyperallergic.