Numinous Fields: Perceiving the Sacred in Nature, Landscape, and Art

Samer Akkach , PhD. (1992), FAHA, is Professor of architectural history and theory and Founding Director of the Centre for Asian and Middle Eastern Architecture (CAMEA) at the University of Adelaide. His many works on Islamic intellectual history include ʿIlm: Science, Religion, and Art in Islam (UAP 2019), and Naẓar: Vision, Belief, and Perception in Islamic Cultures (Brill 2022). John Powell , Ph.D. (2017), is Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Architecture and Landscape, The University of Adelaide. His research interests encompass gardens, music, and the philosophy of art. He is the author of Dancing with Time: The Garden as Art(Peter Lang 2019).