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Symbol and Image in Celtic Religious Art
Routledge 1992; US$ 44.95`The variety of subjects is awesome, as is the sustained iconography of their symbols and emblems. A work of major importance.' - Choice more...
Law and Religion
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95The intersection of law and religion is a growing area of study for academics working in both subject areas. This book draws together research on several collisions between the two arenas, including a study of religious clauses in the US constitution and the interplay between religion and law in Canada, Australia and South Africa. With an emphasis... more...
On the Strange Place of Religion in Contemporary Art
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 37.95Can contemporary art say anything about spirituality? John Updike calls modern art "a religion assembled from the fragments of our daily life," but does that mean that contemporary art is spiritual? What might it mean to say that the art you make expresses your spiritual belief? On the Strange Place of Religion in Contemporary Art explores the... more...
The Lost Painting
Random House Publishing Group 2005; US$ 16.00The artist was Caravaggio, a master of the Italian Baroque. He was a genius, a revolutionary painter, and a man beset by personal demons. Four hundred years ago, he drank and brawled in the taverns and streets of Rome, moving from one rooming house to another, constantly in and out of jail, all the while painting works of transcendent emotional and... more...
The Grief of God
Oxford University Press 1997; US$ 109.99Between the 13th and 15th centuries images of a wounded and bloody Christ proliferated in England. This work finds that in their encounters with the wounded Jesus - the Saviour whose blood nurtures, feeds, and heals human persons - medieval believers found a God of mercy and love. more...
Religion of the Gods
Oxford University Press, USA 2009; US$ 73.99In many of the world's religions, both polytheistic and monotheistic, a seemingly enigmatic and paradoxical image is found--that of the god who worships. Various interpretations of this seeming paradox have been advanced. Some suggest that it represents sacrifice to a higher deity. Proponents of anthropomorphic projection say that the gods are... more...
In the Footsteps of Popes
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 12.99A unique look at the treasures of the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel, and the Basilica of Saint Peter from an official guide of the Eternal City. In a tiny enclave in the heart of Rome lies the world's smallest independent state?the Vatican. Over the course of fifteen hundred years, successive popes have commissioned and assembled an extraordinary... more...
Hinduism and the Religious Arts
Continuum International Publishing 2000; US$ 140.00The roots between the Hindu religion and the wider culture are deep and uniquely complex. No study of either ancient or contemporary Indian culture can be undertaken without a clear understanding of Hindu visual arts and their sources in religious belief and practice. Defining what is meant by religion - no such term exists in Sanskrit - and what is... more...
Words to Live By
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 17.99C. S. Lewis is a beloved writer and thinker and arguably the most important Christian intellectual of the twentieth century. His groundbreaking children's series The Chronicles of Narnia , lucid nonfiction titles such as Mere Christianity and The Problem of Pain , and thought-provoking fiction, including The Screwtape Letters and The Great... more...
The Sistine Secrets
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 16.99The Shocking Secrets of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Artwork The recent cleaning of the Sistine Chapel frescoes removed layer after layer of centuries of accumulated tarnish and darkness. The Sistine Secrets endeavors to remove the centuries of prejudice, censorship, and ignorance that blind us to the truth about one of the world's most famous... more...









