David Morgan 
The Forge of Vision [EPUB ebook] 
A Visual History of Modern Christianity

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Religions teach their adherents how to see and feel at the same time; learning to see is not a disembodied process but one hammered from the forge of human need, social relations, and material practice. David Morgan argues that the history of religions may therefore be studied through the lens of their salient visual themes.
The Forge of Vision tells the history of Christianity from the sixteenth century through the present by selecting the visual themes of faith that have profoundly influenced its development. After exploring how distinctive Catholic and Protestant visual cultures emerged in the early modern period, Morgan examines a variety of Christian visual practices, ranging from the imagination, visions of nationhood, the likeness of Jesus, the material life of words, and the role of modern art as a spiritual quest, to the importance of images for education, devotion, worship, and domestic life. An insightful, informed presentation of how Christianity has shaped and continues to shape the modern world, this work is a must-read for scholars and students across fields of religious studies, history, and art history.

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Table des matières

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I. WORD AND IMAGE
1. The Shape of the Holy
2. The Visible Word
PART II. THE TRAFFIC OF IMAGES
3. Religion as Sacred Economy
4. The Agency of Words
5. Christianity and Nationhood
6. The Likeness of Jesus
7. Modern Art and Christianity
Conclusion
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

A propos de l’auteur

David Morgan is Professor of Religious Studies at Duke University, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Art, Art History, and Visual Studies. He is the author of The Embodied Eye: Religious Visual Culture and the Social Life of Feeling and The Sacred Gaze: Religious Visual Culture in Theory and Practice, and coeditor of the journal Material Religion.

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Langue Anglais ● Format EPUB ● Pages 407 ● ISBN 9780520423947 ● Taille du fichier 30.3 MB ● Maison d’édition University of California Press ● Publié 2015 ● Édition 1 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 10079549 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM
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