MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY after its completion, the Rothko Chapel has become one of the great monuments of modern art as well as a veritable pilgriinage site tin. spiritual seekers."I wonder if it is nor prophetiix"its founder Dominique de Merril noted in her inatigural address, "that Rothko shouldhaye left oswirh the one message that can he totally accepted by everyone,believers as well as non-believers : the sense of mystery". 'This book plumbs this mystery in fresh ways, bringing an international and consummllynterdisciplinary roster of scholars and practitioners into conversation and reflection on the legacy of thiethko Chapel. Beginning with an exploration of the plans for the chapel by the artist's son, ChristophetRpthko, the volume proceeds through an investigation of Rothko's early writings to a study of the chapel's intXifaith dimensions as well as its place in nodal justice movements. It concludes with a breähtaking new collection of poema inspired by the chapel's enduring mysteries.