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Title: Religion, Art, and Visual Culture : A Cross-Cultural Reader by S. Brent Plate ISBN: 0-312-24029-5 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Pub. Date: 23 February, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.95

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Comment: This is an amazing book. It opens up all kinds of interesting questions about the importance of seeing and vision in a range of different religious contexts. In each major section, Plate invites us to approach a religious tradition not through its main scriptures but through a visual medium. Islam, for example, is approached via calligraphy as a way of thinking about the written word as image. Buddhism is approached through zen gardens as a way of thinking about the concept of shinjin (mind-body). I used this book as the primary textbook for a college course called "Religion and Visual Culture." It was a huge success. It is filled with interesting ideas and fresh approaches, and it is great reading. I highly recommend it.

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