Eyes of the Heart: Photography As a Christian Contemplative Practice

This is not a book about photographic technique: rather, it is about cultivating photography as a spiritual practice. Adapting the monastic practice of" lectio divina" (sacred reading) into a form of "visio divina" (sacred seeing), spiritual director and Benedictine oblate Christine Valters Paintner invites readers to a new way of viewing the world—through the lens of a camera. Drawing on the Christian tradition of the spiritual senses, Paintner guides readers through six themes connecting ...