David Morgan (art historian) explained
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
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.
Academic work
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]
- Morgan, David (2008). The Sacred Heart of Jesus: The Visual Evolution of a Devotion, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.[17]
- Morgan, David (2007). The Lure of Images: A History of Religion and Visual Media in America, New York: Routledge. It had reviews in Choice Reviews,[18] The Journal of American History,[19] Church History,[20] Nova Religio,[21] and Journal of the Scientific Study of Religion.[22]
- Morgan, David (2005). The Sacred Gaze: Religious Visual Culture in Theory and Practice, Berkeley: University of California Press.[23] It had reviews in Choice Reviews,[24] Scripture Bulletin,[25] The Art Newspaper,[26] Winterthur Portfolio,[27] American Journal of Sociology,[28] Church History,[29] The Expository Times,[30] Material Religion,[31] ,[32] and Journal of Religion.[33]
- Morgan, David (1999). Protestants and Pictures: Religion, Visual Culture, and the Age of American Mass Production, New York: Oxford University Press.[4] It had reviews in The Christian Century,[34] The Cresset,[35] Journal of American History,[36] The Historian,[37] Journal of Religion and Popular Culture Baker, Kelly J. (2003). Protestants and Pictures: Religion, Visual Culture, and the Age of American Mass Production, Journal of Religion and Popular Culture Vol. 5, No. 1, online;[38] Religious Studies Review,[39] The American Historical Review,[40] Church History,[41] Books & Culture,[42] Journal of Religion,[43] and CAA Reviews.[44]
- Morgan, David (1998). Visual Piety: A History and Theory of Popular Religious Images, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.[45] It was reviewed in Publishers Weekly,[46] Anglican Theological Review,[47] Art Book Review,[48] Choice Reviews,[49] Christian Scholar’s Review,[50] Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion,[51] The Art Newspaper,[52] Books & Culture,[53] Communication Research Trends,[54] Theology Digest,[55] Washington Post,[56] Catholic Historical Review,[57] The Christian Century,[58] Fides et Historia,[59] Religion,[60] Kunst,[61] Winterthur Portfolio,[62] The Journal of American History,[63] Journal of the American Academy of Religion,[64] Journal of Religion,[65] Nova Religio,[66] The HEYTHROP Journal,[67] and Journal of American Studies.[68]
His edited volumes include:
- Morgan, David (2010). ed. Religion and Material Culture: The Matter of Belief, London and New York: Routledge.[69]
- Morgan, David (2008). ed. Key Words in Media, Religion, and Culture, London: Routledge.[70]
- Elkins, James and David Morgan (2008). eds. Re-Enchantment, New York, NY: Routledge.[71]
- Morgan, David and Sally M. Promey (2001). eds. The Visual Culture of American Religions, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.[72]
- Morgan, David (1996). ed. Icons of American Protestantism: The Art of Warner Sallman, New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.[5]
Notes and References
- Web site: Faculty | Religious Studies. https://web.archive.org/web/20140228224103/http://religiousstudies.duke.edu/people?Gurl=&Uil=11110&subpage=profile. 2014-02-28.
- Web site: David Morgan, Professor of Religious Studies . Scholars at Duke . March 9, 2019.
- Routledge research in religion, media and culture. Routledge Research in Religion, Media and Culture.. English. 707337216.
- Book: Morgan, David. Protestants & pictures: religion, visual culture and the age of American mass production. 1999. Oxford University Press. 978-1-4294-0477-8. New York. English. 252600851.
- Book: Morgan, David. Icons of American Protestantism: the art of Warner Sallman. 1996. Yale University Press. 978-0-300-06342-4. New Haven [Conn.|language=English|oclc=32968586].
- Book: Images at Work : The Material Culture of Enchantment . Oxford University Press . February 2018. 9780190272111. March 9, 2019.
- Book: The Forge of Vision: A Visual History of Modern Christianity . University of California Press . October 2015 . 9780520286955 . March 9, 2019. Morgan . David .
- Book: Morgan, David. The embodied eye: religious visual culture and the social life of feeling. 2012. University of California Press. 978-0-520-27222-4. Berkeley. English. 823768735.
- Choice Reviews, September 2012. .
- https://archive.today/20141217173153/http://imagejournal.org/imageupdate/237_120313.html IMAGE online, issue 237, March 13, 2012
- 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.
- Bandak, Andreas (2014). The Embodied Eye: Religious Visual Culture and the Social Life of Feeling, American Anthropologist Vol. 116, No. 1, pp. 220-21.
- Jasper, David (2014). The Embodied Eye, Art and Christianity
- Scheer, Monique (2012)
- 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
- Wagner, Dana Wiggins Logan (2013). The Embodied Eye: Religious Visual Culture and the Social Life of Feeling, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 165-66.
- Book: Morgan, David. Sacred heart of Jesus: the visual evolution of a devotion. 2008. Amsterdam University Press. 978-90-485-0339-1. Amsterdam. 632758634.
- Book: SilverPlatter Information, Inc. Choice reviews.. Association of College and Research Libraries. 1988. SilverPlatter International. Place of publication not identified. English. 40794763.
- Mathews, Mary Beth Swetnam (2009). The Lure of Images, Journal of American History Vol. 95, No. 4.
- Ramji, Rubina (2010). The Lure of Images: A History of Religion and Visual Media in America, Church History, vol. 79, no. 4, pp. 962-963.
- Siegler, Elijah (2010). Book Review, Nova Religio Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 120-21.
- 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.
- Book: Morgan, David. The sacred gaze: religious visual culture in theory and practice. 2005. University of California Press. 978-0-520-93830-4. Berkeley. English. 58728584.
- . November 2005.
- Scripture Bulletin Vol. 36, No. 1, p. 34. (2006)
- The Art Newspaper No. 167, March 2006, p. 44. (2006)
- Buggeln, Gretchen (2007, Book Reviews - The Sacred Gaze: Religious Visual Culture in Theory and Practice, Winterthur Portfolio Vol. 41, No. 2/3, pp. 193-94.
- Carroll, Michael P. (2006). Book Reviews - The Sacred Gaze: Religious Visual Culture in Theory and Practice, American Journal of Sociology Vol. 111, No. 5, pp. 1611-1613.
- Dunn, Allen (2006). Book Reviews and Notes- The Sacred Gaze, Church History Vol. 75, No. 3, p. 708.
- Mitchell, Jolyon (2008). Book Review: Spiritual Images. David Morgan, The Sacred Gaze: Religious Visual Culture in Theory and Practice, 21, no. 2, 2008, p. 101
- Pattison, Stephen (2006). The Sacred Gaze: Religious Visual Culture in Theory and Practice, Material Religion Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 121-22.
- Schrodt, Paul (2007). The Sacred Gaze: Religious Visual Culture in Theory and Practice, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 461-62.
- Winfield, Pamela (2007). Book Reviews - The Sacred Gaze: Religious Visual Culture in Theory and Practice, Journal of Religion Vol. 87, no. 1, pp. 150-51.
- Christian Century Company. Disciples Publication Society. Christian Century Press. Christian Century Foundation. 1902. The Christian century. The Christian Century. English. 0009-5281. 6083626.
- International Walther League. Walther League. Valparaiso University. 1937. The cresset. The Cresset. English. 0011-1198. 1565413.
- Organization of American Historians. Mississippi Valley Historical Association. 1964. The Journal of American History. The Journal of American History. English. 0021-8723. 1754428.
- Book: Phi Alpha Theta. The historian.. 1938. Phi Alpha Theta. Kingston, R.I.. English. 39003889.
- Baker. Kelly, J. Chan. Alan, L. Moreman. Christopher. Garbowski. Christopher. Rycenga. Jennifer. Lindley. W. Terry. Ferreri. Frank. 2003. Book Reviews. JRPC Journal of Religion and Popular Culture. English. 5. 1. 5595752707.
- Maclean, Iain S. (2000). Protestants and Pictures: Religion, Visual Culture, and the Age of American Mass Production, Religious Studies Review
- Moorhead, James H. (2001). Reviews of Books – Canada and the United States, Protestants and Pictures: Religion, Visual Culture, and the Age of American Mass Production, American Historical Review Vol. 106, No. 3, pp. 983-84.
- Sack, Daniel (2001). Book Reviews and Notes- Protestants and Pictures, Church History Vol. 70, No. 2, pp. 387-88
- Siedell, Daniel (2000) Protestants and Pictures, Books & Culture Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 31-34.
- Tweed, Thomas (2001). Book Reviews - Protestants and Pictures, Journal of Religion Vol. 81, No. 3, pp. 468-70.
- Zalesch, Saul (2000). Protestants and Pictures,CAA Reviews .
- Book: Morgan, David. Visual piety: a history and theory of popular religious images.. 1999. University of California Press. 978-0-520-21932-8. Berkeley, Calif.; London. English. 748997741.
- Publishers Weekly October 11, 1997.
- . Anglican Theological Review 12. (1998)
- Art Book Review, Spring 1998.
- Choice Reviews Online 35, No. 8, April 1998, #35-4290.
- Christian Scholar’s Review Vol. 28, No. 2, Winter 1998, pp. 360-62.
- Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Vol. 37, No. 3, p. 555.(1998)
- The Art Newspaper Vol. 9, No. 83, July/August 1998, p. 33.
- Books & Culture Vol. 5, No. 2, March/April 1999, p. 50.
- Communication Research Trends January 1999.
- Theology Digest Vol. 46, No. 4, Winter 1999, p. 378.
- Washington Post, Book World, Hardcovers in Brief, February 15, 1998, p. 13.
- Catholic Historical Review Vol. 85, No. 2, April 1999, pp. 321-2.
- The Christian Century April 14, 1999, pp. 427-28.
- Fides et Historia
- Religion 30, pp. 191-92. (2000)
- (2002). Kunst 78, p. 170.
- David Morgan, Visual Piety: A History and Theory of Popular Religious Images, Winterthur Portfolio Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 295-99. Hawkins, P. (1998)
- Johnston, P. (1999). Morgan, Visual Piety, Journal of American History Vol. 85, No. 4, 1999, pp. 1666-67.
- Mahan, Jeffrey (1999). Book Reviews - Visual Piety: A History and Theory of Popular Religious Images, Journal of the American Academy of Religion Vol. 67, No. 1, p. 237.
- Marling, Karal Ann (1999). Book Reviews - Visual Piety: A History and Theory of Popular Religious Images, Journal of Religion Vol. 79, No. 3, pp. 518-19.
- Sexson, Lynda (1998). Visual Piety: A History and Theory of Popular Religious Images, Nova Religio Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 160-61.
- Walsh, Michael (1998). Visual Piety: A History and Theory of Popular Religious Images, HEYTHROP Journal
- Vol. 39, No. 3, p. 349-350.Williams, Peter (2003). David Morgan, Visual Piety, Journal of American Studies Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 135-37.
- Book: Morgan, David. Religion and material culture: the matter of belief. 2010. Routledge. 978-0-415-48115-1. London; New York. English. 311757222.
- Book: Morgan, David. Keywords in religion, media, and culture. 2008. Routledge. 978-0-415-44862-8. London. English. 225427967.
- Book: Re-enchantment. 2009. Routledge. 978-0-415-96051-9. Elkins. James. New York. English. 212627287. Morgan. David.
- Book: Morgan. David. The visual culture of American religions. Promey. Sally M. 2001. University of California Press. 978-0-520-92561-8. Berkeley. 49851977.