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The Forge of Vision: A Visual History of Modern Christianity Hardcover - 2015

by David Morgan

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"No one has done more in this generation to demonstrate the centrality of images and visual practices in Christianity than David Morgan. Over many years, Morgan has taught us not only that the holy and the human have looked at each other through the centuries in the medium of images, but just what a complex religious practice it is to look. In The Forge of Vision he extends this analysis to the making of modern Christianity. Immensely learned and beautifully written and illustrated, this is a masterwork by a scholar absolutely at the top of his game."--Robert Orsi, Grace Craddock Nagle Chair in Catholic Studies at Northwestern University

"David Morgan's newest book focuses on the links between vision, modernity, and Christian thought and practice since the sixteenth century. Tracing how image and imagination contributed to the history and development of modern Catholicism and Protestantism, Morgan further considers how Christianity was an important model for 'valorizing artistic creation' and contributing to the 'modern legacy of art as a spiritual force.'"--Erika Doss, University of Notre Dame

"The Forge of Vision makes apparent David Morgan's remarkable grasp of Christian visuality in both its Protestant and Catholic modes. With a tenacity to match his insightfulness, he has made the imbrication of religion and image his distinct mtier and reveals anew in these pages the vital importance of attending to the material interfaces of Christian devotion. His intellectual reach from Calvin and Ignatius through Kandinsky and Foucault--and much in-between--is exceptional."--Leigh E. Schmidt, Washington University in St. Louis

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  • Title The Forge of Vision: A Visual History of Modern Christianity
  • Author David Morgan
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Hardback
  • Pages 407
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of California Press, Oakland, California
  • Date 2015
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780520286955 / 0520286952
  • Weight 1.85 lbs (0.84 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.1 x 6.9 x 1 in (25.65 x 17.53 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Library of Congress subjects Christianity - Philosophy, Church history - Modern period, 1500-
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2015003677
  • Dewey Decimal Code 246

About the author

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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