The Forge of Vision: A Visual History of Modern Christianity

by David Morgan, David Morgan, David O. Morgan

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520286952
• ISBN13: 9780520286955
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 407 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.9" x 10.1"