Embodied Eye

David Morgan is Professor of Religion at Duke University. He is the author of several books, including The Sacred Gaze: Religious Visual Culture in Theory and Practice and Visual Piety (both from UC Press).

• List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Part One. Culture's Two Bodies 1. Vision and Embodiment 2. The Body in Question 3. Ways of Seeing 4. Icon and Interface Part Two. The Senses of Belief 5. The Matter of the Heart: Touching and Seeing 6. The Look of Sympathy: Feeling and Seeing 7. The Enchantment of Media: Hearing and Seeing 8. At the Cusp of Invisibility: Visions, Dreams, and Images Notes Select Bibliography Index

"This rewarding book will provoke thought and re-vision... Highly recommended." Choice "With clarity and great insight, Morgan scrutinizes ways of engaging with religious worlds and consider how such worlds are made habitable... A compelling read and one that allows for cross-fertilizing between different academic fields and disciplines." American Anthropologist "Morgan's clever and penetrating academic analysis of case studies provides his text with profundity and interest." -- Jeremy W. H. Arnold Religious Studies Review "A first-rate work of scholarship... Anyone piqued by these subjects will find David Morgan's pioneering vision deeply satisfying." Image "Excellent analysis of the social dynamics of the visual field." -- Monique Scheer, Universitat Tubingen Journal Of Religion In Europe