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Windows of Faith

The Windows of Faith are a welcoming visualization of the Loyola University Museum of Art’s mission: the exploration of the spiritual through the art of all faiths and cultures. To date, the five contemporary world’s leading faiths are represented.

A stained glass window representing the faith of Buddhism
Window

Buddhism

Andra Samelson

Generous gift of Debra Yates in memory of Stephen R. Yates

A stained glass window representing the faith of Christianity.
Window

Christianity

Meltem Aktas

Generous gift of Guy and Gisele Di Spigno

A stained glass window representing the faith of Hinduism
Window

Hinduism

Indira Freitas Johnson

A stained glass window representing the faith of Islam.
Window

Islam

Savera Iftikhar

Generous gift of Ms. Joyce Ruth Saxon

A stained glass window representing the faith of Judaism
Window

Judaism

Lester Lampert

Generous gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Lampert in memory of Seymour Lampert

The windows are the work of local artists, adherents to the particular faith. Through a rich lexicon of visual imagery and symbols, the artists have striven to articulate tenets of their faith and aspects of its cultural and history, thus the depiction of the Western Wall, the only surviving element of Jerusalem’s Second Temple in the Judaism window, and the incorporation of the declaration of faith La ilaha illa Allah, Muhammadur rasoolu Allah—There is no god but God, Muhammad is the messenger of God—to signify Islam.

The windows are the work of local artists, adherents to the particular faith. Through a rich lexicon of visual imagery and symbols, the artists have striven to articulate tenets of their faith and aspects of its cultural and history, thus the depiction of the Western Wall, the only surviving element of Jerusalem’s Second Temple in the Judaism window, and the incorporation of the declaration of faith La ilaha illa Allah, Muhammadur rasoolu Allah—There is no god but God, Muhammad is the messenger of God—to signify Islam.