Margaret R. Miles was Bussey Professor of Historical Theology at the Harvard University Divinity School. She is the author of Augustine on the Body, Desire and Delight, Fullness of Life, Carnal Knowing, and Practicing Christianity.
Miles applies her keen eye and vital imagination to the uses of
religious art in Christian Rome, the early Renaissance, and the
Reformation, as well as to the present. --New York Times Book
Review This is a beautiful book . . . It supplements our conception
of what constitutes the history of religious ideas, and it gives
the history of the visual arts and architecture a new, enlivening
perspective. --Rudolf Arnheim
University of Michigan In addition to Miles's exhaustive research,
the book's inherently interesting subect matter contributes to its
arresting success. It is also a beautiful book, containing 16 pages
of superb prints. -- Christian Century In her innovative study,
Miles argues for the recognition by church historians and
theologians of the centrality of the visual image in the
development of Christianity . . . Image as Insight is an extremely
creative and useful book. -- Theological Studies A truly exciting
book. --Library Journal
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