Religion and the Visual

Edited by Ronald A. Simkins and Wendy M. Wright, Creighton University

Introduction (pp. 1-6)

Wendy M. Wright, Creighton University [ Introduction ]

1. Religion on Parade: Religiously Themed Entries in Small-Town Parades (pp. 7-26)

Paul J. Olson, Briar Cliff University [ Chapter 1 ]

2. Visual Ambiguity in the Biblical Tradition: The Word and Image of God (pp. 27-39)

Ronald A. Simkins, Creighton University [ Chapter 2 ]

3. Israelite Aniconism and the Visualization of the Tabernacle (pp.40-54)

Mark K. George, Iliff School of Theology [ Chapter 3 ]

4. Visual, Verbal, Mental, and Living Images in Early Modern Catholicism: Francis de Sales and Adrien Gambart (pp. 55-71)

Joseph F. Chorpenning, O.S.F.S., Saint Joseph's University Press [ Chapter 4 ]

5. Four Revealing Moments in the Visual Intersection of Religion and Fables (pp. 72-89)

Gregory I. Carlson, S.J., Creighton University [ Chapter 5 ]

6. Visual Depiction of Impossibility and Hans Holbein's The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb (1521) (pp. 90-100)

Michael A. Brown, Creighton University [ Chapter 6 ]

7. Government Photography and the Religious Spirit (pp. 101-18)

Colleen McDannell, University of Utah [ Chapter 7 ]

8. Bernini's Triton Fountain: War and Fountains in the Rome of Urban VIII (pp.119-32)

Matthew Knox Averett, Creighton University [ Chapter 8 ]

9. And the Blue Became Red and Dwelt Among Us: Mapping Boundaries of Meaning in Eastern Orthodox Iconography (pp. 133-44)

Nicolae Roddy, Creighton University [ Chapter 9 ]

10. In the Presence of Beauty and Mercy: Marian Devotion in Los Angeles (pp. 145-53)

Wendy M. Wright, Creighton University [ Chapter 10 ]

11. God Through the Camera Frame: Backpack Journalism and the Catholic Imagination (pp. 154-66)

John J. O'Keefe, Creighton University [ Chapter 11 ]

12. Religion on the Silver Screen (pp. 167-76)

William L. Blizek, University of Nebraska at Omaha [ Chapter 12 ]