Sacred gaze denotes any way of seeing that invests its object an image a person a time a place with spiritual significance drawing from many different fields david morgan investigates key aspects of vision and imagery in a variety of religious traditions his lively innovative book explores how viewers absorb and process religious imagery and how their experience contributes to the . Request pdf the sacred gaze religious visual culture in theory and practice sacred gaze denotes any way of seeing that invests its object an image a person a time a place with spiritual . The sacred gaze religious visual culture in theory and practiceby david morgan berkeley and los angeles university of california press 2004 pp xv 318 michael p carroll university of western ontario in his very first sentence david morgan identifies his intended audience this book is for students and scholars of history religious studies an thropology sociology cultural . Cite this item book info the sacred gaze book description sacred gaze denotes any way of seeing that invests its object an image a person a time a place with spiritual significance drawing from many different fields david morgan investigates key aspects of vision and imagery in a variety of religious traditions. Book sacred gaze denotes any way of seeing that invests its object an image a person a time a place with spiritual significance drawing from many different fields david morgan investigates key aspects of vision and imagery in a variety of religious traditions his lively innovative book explores how viewers absorb and process religious