The Unspeakable Art of Bill Viola: A Visual Theology

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1. Viola, Bill, 1951–. 2. Art, Modern—20th century. 3. Spiritual life—Christianity. I. Title.

BV4501.3 .B47 2014

Manufactured in the U.S.A.

For Michael I. Podro, CBE, FBA

(1931–2008)

Acknowledgments

This project is the result of countless iterations and reconsiderations over the years, and many individuals have been tremendously helpful and generous with their time, guidance and editorial acumen along the way. Its first outing was as a graduate thesis in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Scranton, in Scranton, PA, under the able direction of Dr. Maria Poggi Johnson. Her support, encouragement and insight shepherded the project from a vague spark of an idea to its first stage of completion. Also influential along that route were Drs. Charles R. Pinches and Will T. Cohen, also at the University of Scranton. From there various chapters and portions of chapters were presented, in various stages of (in)completion, at several professional academic meetings in recent years, including the Association of Art Historians annual conference in Manchester, UK in 2009, the Association of Scholars of Christianity in the History of Art in Paris in 2010, the Museum of Biblical Art in New York in 2011, and the American Academy of Religion in San Francisco in 2011. At each step, thoughtful questions were raised and astute suggestions offered that helped to make the argument more cogent and focused. Support for travel to many of these professional venues was made possible by the generosity of the Provost’s and the President’s Offices of Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, MA, where as faculty I’ve also received supportive and perceptive feedback from students and colleagues.

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