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Author:

Morgan, David, 1957-

Title:

The sacred gaze : religious visual culture in theory and practice / David Morgan.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xv, 318 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Art and religion.
Religieuze symboliek.
Beeldcultuur.
Art et religion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-309) and index.

Contents:

Pt. 1. Questions and definitions. Defining visual culture -- Visual practice and the function of images -- The covenant with images -- Pt. 2. Images between cultures. The violence of seeing : idolatry and iconoclasm -- The circulation of images in mission history -- Pt. 3. The social life of pictures. Engendering vision : absent fathers and women with beards -- National icons : Bibles, flags, and Jesus in American civil religion.

ISBN:

9780520243064 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0520243064 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780520242876 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520242874 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)55765651

LCCN:

2004013929

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)