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David Morgan (art historian)

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David Morgan is Professor of Religious Studies at Duke University,[1] in Durham, North Carolina, with an additional appointment in Duke's Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies. Morgan served as the Chair in the Department of Religious Studies in Trinity College of Duke University from 2013 to 2016.[2] He is the author of numerous books, including The Forge of Vision (2015), The Embodied Eye (2012), and The Sacred Gaze (2005).

Biography

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He holds a BA in Studio Art (concentration on sculpture) at Concordia College (1980), a MA in Art History at the University of Arizona (1984), and a PhD in Art History at the University of Chicago (1990), He taught at Valparaiso University from 1990 to 2007, where he was the Duesenberg Professor in Christianity and the Arts, in the honors college of Valparaiso University.[citation needed]

Academic work

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Morgan’s writing has focused on the history of Protestant visual culture since the eighteenth century. He has also studied Catholic devotional images, the history of art theory, and religion and media. He was co-founder and is co-editor of the journal, Material Religion, and co-edits two book series at Routledge (London): Religion, Media, Culture, and Research in Religion, Media, and Culture.[3] He is an Elected Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University and Elected member of the American Antiquarian Society.

Morgan is a recipient of the Annual Book Award from the Association of American Publishers in Professional and Scholarly Publishing for 1999 in the category of Religion and Philosophy for the book Protestants and Pictures: Religion, Visual Culture, and the Age of American Mass Production.[4] His edited volume Icons of American Protestantism: The Art of Warner Sallman received the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book for 1996 from the American Library Association.[5]

His books include:

  • Morgan, David (2018). Images at Work: The Material Culture of Enchantment, Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.[6]
  • Morgan, David (2015). The Forge of Vision: A Visual History of Modern Christianity, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.[7]
  • Morgan, David (2012). The Embodied Eye: Religious Visual Culture and the Social Life of Feeling, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.[8] It had reviews in CHOICE (2012),[9] IMAGE online,[10] Religious Studies Review,[11] American Anthropologist,[12] Art and Christianity,[13] Journal of Religion in Europe,[14] Critical Research on Religion,[15] and Journal of Religion and Popular Culture.[16]

His edited volumes include:

  • Morgan, David (2010). ed. Religion and Material Culture: The Matter of Belief, London and New York: Routledge.[70]
  • Morgan, David (2008). ed. Key Words in Media, Religion, and Culture, London: Routledge.[71]
  • Elkins, James and David Morgan (2008). eds. Re-Enchantment, New York, NY: Routledge.[72]
  • Morgan, David and Sally M. Promey (2001). eds. The Visual Culture of American Religions, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.[73]
  • Morgan, David (1996). ed. Icons of American Protestantism: The Art of Warner Sallman, New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.[5]

References

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  3. ^ "Routledge research in religion, media and culture". Routledge Research in Religion, Media and Culture. OCLC 707337216.
  4. ^ a b Morgan, David (1999). Protestants & pictures: religion, visual culture and the age of American mass production. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-1-4294-0477-8. OCLC 252600851.
  5. ^ a b Morgan, David (1996). Icons of American Protestantism: the art of Warner Sallman. New Haven [Conn.: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-06342-4. OCLC 32968586.
  6. ^ Images at Work : The Material Culture of Enchantment. Oxford University Press. February 2018. ISBN 9780190272111. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  7. ^ Morgan, David (October 2015). The Forge of Vision: A Visual History of Modern Christianity. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520286955. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  8. ^ Morgan, David (2012). The embodied eye: religious visual culture and the social life of feeling. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-27222-4. OCLC 823768735.
  9. ^ OCLC 40794763 Choice Reviews, September 2012. doi:10.5860/CHOICE.50-0235.
  10. ^ IMAGE online, issue 237, March 13, 2012, last accessed 29 October 2014.
  11. ^ OCLC 823815996 Arnold, J.W (2012). The Embodied Eye: Religious Visual Culture and the Social Life of Feeling. By David Morgan, Religious Studies Review Vol. 38, No. 4, p. 233.
  12. ^ Bandak, Andreas (2014). The Embodied Eye: Religious Visual Culture and the Social Life of Feeling, American Anthropologist Vol. 116, No. 1, pp. 220-21. OCLC 5563603945
  13. ^ Jasper, David (2014). The Embodied Eye, Art and Christianity] No. 79, Autumn 2014, p. 13. OCLC 265813062
  14. ^ Scheer, Monique (2012)] David Morgan, The Embodied Eye: Religious Visual Culture and the Social Life of Feeling, Journal of Religion in Europe Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 531-33. OCLC 5672483805
  15. ^ Stimson, Blake (2014). David Morgan, The Embodied Eye: Religious Visual Culture and the Social Life of Feeling, Critical Research on Religion August 2014 No. 2, pp. 215-218 OCLC 835889852
  16. ^ Wagner, Dana Wiggins Logan (2013). The Embodied Eye: Religious Visual Culture and the Social Life of Feeling, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 165-66. OCLC 5595749554
  17. ^ Morgan, David (2008). Sacred heart of Jesus: the visual evolution of a devotion. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. ISBN 978-90-485-0339-1. OCLC 632758634.
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  23. ^ Tiitsman, Jenna (2009). The Lure of Images: A History of Religion and Visual Media in America, Journal of the Scientific Study of Religion Vol. 48, No. 2, June 2009, pp. 405-408. OCLC 49890280
  24. ^ Morgan, David (2005). The sacred gaze: religious visual culture in theory and practice. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-93830-4. OCLC 58728584.
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  46. ^ Morgan, David (1999). Visual piety: a history and theory of popular religious images. Berkeley, Calif.; London: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-21932-8. OCLC 748997741.
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  67. ^ Sexson, Lynda (1998). Visual Piety: A History and Theory of Popular Religious Images, Nova Religio Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 160-61. OCLC 5556794073
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  70. ^ Morgan, David (2010). Religion and material culture: the matter of belief. London; New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-48115-1. OCLC 311757222.
  71. ^ Morgan, David (2008). Keywords in religion, media, and culture. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-44862-8. OCLC 225427967.
  72. ^ Elkins, James; Morgan, David, eds. (2009). Re-enchantment. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-96051-9. OCLC 212627287.
  73. ^ Morgan, David; Promey, Sally M (2001). The visual culture of American religions. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-92561-8. OCLC 49851977.