Contemplative Vision: A Guide to Christian Art and Prayer

by Juliet Benner

Book Overview

While working as a docent in an art gallery, Juliet Benner began showing people how to meditate on Christian art treasures that are rooted in a passage of Scripture. She taught a way of encountering the Word behind both the words of Scripture and the artist's meditation on Scripture. This became a way of seeing art as an aid to contemplative prayer.This process resulted in her much-beloved "O Taste and See" columns that appeared in the spiritual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 083083544X
• ISBN13: 9780830835447
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: IVP Formatio
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"