Christian art and Indian cultural patterns
By: edited by George Plathottam SDB
Publisher: Don Bosco Publications, Don Bosco Centre for Indigenous Cultures
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Shillong
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9788193191996
Subjects: Christian art and symbolism; Congresses; Christianity and culture
Notes: Papers presented in two national seminars, in 2012 in Bangalore and in 2015 in Chennai.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Indian Christian artists' forum : birth pangs and baby steps / George Plathottam SDB; title: Art and God-experience in India / Michael Amaladoss SJ; title: Christian art in India : an overview / Gudrun Löwner; title: The Mandala and Indian Christian art : Indian cultural patterns / Jyoti Sahi; title: Art and liturgy : a re-visioning of reality to discover the divine at work / Anand Amaladass SJ; title: In the shades of the ashram : reflections on the vision, and aesthetics in the art of Angelo da Fonseca / Jyoti Sahi; title: "We have seen his glory" (Jn 1:14) : an incarnational aesthetics / Lucien Le Grand; title: Visual theology and popular imagination / George Plathottam SDB; title: The imaginative approach in the Bible : a dhvani reading of the dialogue between Jesus and the Samaritan woman / Mathew Vellanickal; title: The Samaritan woman at the well / Gudrun Löwner; title: Iconography and iconoclasm : theological perspectives / Sebastian Elavathingal CMI; title: Christian frescoes in the renaissance period / Kleetus Varghese Kathirparambil; title: Evolution of Christ image in Christian art / Roy M. Thottam SJ; title: The Virgin Mary in art / George Plathottam SDB; title: Symbolism in early Christian and Indian art forms / Fatima Furtado FMM; title: Icons in worship and renewal / Solomon Raj; title: Significance of icons in catechesis / Gilbert Choondal SDB.