A place for meaning
Subtitle: art, faith, and museum culture : learning from the Five Faiths Project at the Ackland Art Museum
By: Amanda Millay Hughes, Carolyn H. Wood
Contributors: Hughes, Amanda Millay; Wood, Carolyn H.
Publisher: Ackland Art Museum, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9780974365633
Other titles: Art, faith, and museum culture : learning from the Five Faiths Project at the Ackland Art Museum
Notes: Includes papers from three colloquies held at the Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, N.C., 2002-2004.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Emily S. Kass; title: Preface / Gerald D. Bolas; title: Five Faiths project chronology; title: Introduction; title: How to read this book; title: Colloquy one : sacred ground and common ground. Overview ; Religious liberty in the museum / Charles Haynes ; Curating the sacral / Meera S. Viswanathan ; Museum as metaphor in a pluralistic society / Charles D. Orzech ; Museum values / Ruth Slavin ; Case study 1 : mass and masterpiece ; Case study 2 : word and worship; title: Colloquy two : considering the lives of sacred images. Overview ; The dancing Shiva of Shivapurim / Richard H. Davis ; Defining sacred universals and particular / Patrice Brodeur ; Teaching tool 1 : exploring the limits and potentials ; Label writing exercise ; Case study 1 : Madonna and child with saints ; Case study 2 : book of blessing ; Case study 3 : spice box ; Case study 4 : Shiva Linga ; Case study 5 : Burmese Buddha; title: Colloquy three : a place for meaning : art, faith, and museum culture. Overview ; Panel discussion transcript; title: Conclusions; title: Tools for teaching and learning. Consider your responses / Ray Williams ; Five object exercises / David Carr ; How to talk about Hinduism ; How to talk about Judaism ; How to talk about Buddhism ; How to talk about Christianity ; How to talk about Islam ; Compare and contrast with timeline ; Approaching objects; title: The Five Faiths project in 100 words or more : parting thoughts from colloquy participants.