Visualising a sacred city: London, art and religion

William Blake famously imagined 'Jerusalem builded here' in London.

But Blake was not the first or the last to visualise a shimmering new metropolis on the banks of the River Thames.

In the modern period, the fabric of London has been rewoven in the image of its many immigrants from the Caribbean, South Asia, Eastern Europe and elsewhere.

While previous books have examined literary depictions of the city, this is the first examination of the religious imaginary of the metropolis through the prism of the visual arts.