The Sacred Gaze: Religious Visual Culture in Theory and Practice

by David Morgan, David O. Morgan, David Morgan

Book Overview

"Sacred gaze" denotes any way of seeing that invests its object--an image, a person, a time, a place--with spiritual significance. Drawing from many different fields, David Morgan investigates key aspects of vision and imagery in a variety of religious traditions. His lively, innovative book explores how viewers absorb and process religious imagery and how their experience contributes to the social, intellectual, and perceptual construction of reality...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520243064
• ISBN13: 9780520243064
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 333 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"