Religion; Art; and Visual Culture is a cross-cultural exploration of the study of visuality and the arts from a religious perspective. This forward looking and accessible collection gathers together the most current scholarship for those interested in art; religion; visual culture; and cultural studies. Inherently interdisciplinary; this reader approaches the study of world religions through the human; meaning-making activity of seeing. The volume oscillates between specific visual subjects (painting; landscape gardens; calligraphy; architecture; mass media) and the broader theoretical discourses which are relevant to Humanities students today.
#203146 in Books Loftus; John/ Aarons; Mark 1997-04-15 1997-04-15Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.10 x 1.84 x 5.94l; 1.65 #File Name: 0312156480672 pages
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful. IT'LL BLOW YOUR MIND.By CRENot a page goes by that doesn't elicit an; "I can't believe it. It can't be." Yet it's all true; thoroughly documented - this story of illicit machinations by individuals of democratic countries to fund the Third Reich; to aid the Nazis in wartime; and to protect the Nazi filth after the war.Nor is that the only story. There is that of the US Justice Department and Great Britain's government; elected and royal; all thoroughly run by and riddled as they were (are?) with Nazi sympathizers who; for the sake of profit; betrayed their countries. Then later; when the Nazi murderers arrived illegally in the US; they were given jobs - working within the US government.Of course; this book doesn't forget the Vatican; which funded Hitler and helped support Hitler's Germany. The Vatican laundered money for the German war effort; and; at the close of the war; provided a safe re-routing of Nazis criminals and their gold. The Vatican protected the murderers; sent them all over the world to places where they'd live peaceful; uninterrupted lives; then sent them the gold the Nazis had stolen from the Jews and others - jewels and gold teeth fillings. Quite a story.John Loftus himself; in incredible irony; worked for the Justice department prosecuting Nazi war criminals. He was given access to the files in acres of underground vaults housing the most classified of information - and he hit pay dirt. What he found enabled him to expose the heinous crimes of those in trusted US government seats; in the Royal Family; in the Vatican.... It just doesn't stop. The reader can barely catch his breath throughout. It's a masterpiece of puzzle work.And in case you think that it's a lot of hooey; check this out: Loftus' later book; America's Nazi Secret; contains all the censored information that finally became public; and which confirms and doubly damns the crimes recorded in The Secret War Against the Jews... - i.e.; those of the US; Great Britain and Russia. But don't skip this book for the later one. The Secret War Against the Jews gives a panoramic; world view of human treachery perpetrated out of a love of money and an illogical; almost mystical hatred for Jews.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. InformativeBy AngelicaVery informative. The part that I read was detailed and appeared well researched. Also interesting and reads like a story. Not boring.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Haven't finished reading this but am on page 188 out ...By ArleneHaven't finished reading this but am on page 188 out of 514 and it has answered many of the questions I've had on why certain decisions were made in the past and now into the present - not for the faint hearted but worth ploughing through
