The Cross : history, art, and controversy /

The cross stirs intense feelings among Christians as well as non-Christians. Robin Jensen takes readers on an intellectual and spiritual journey through the two-thousand-year evolution of the cross as an idea and an artifact, illuminating the controversies--along with the forms of devotion--this cen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jensen, Robin Margaret, 1952- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2017]
Temas:
Crosses > History.
Crosses in art.
Holy Cross > History.
Holy Cross in art.
Sainte Croix > Histoire.
Sainte Croix dans l'art.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
RELIGION / Christianity / History
Crosses
Crosses in art
Holy Cross
Holy Cross in art
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Scandalum crucis: the curse of the cross
  • Signum crucis: the sign of the son of man
  • Inventio crucis: discovery, dispersion, and commemoration of the cross
  • Crux abscondita: the late emerging crucifix
  • Adoratio crucis: monumental crosses and feasts of the cross
  • Carmina crucis: the cross in poetry, legend, and liturgical drama
  • Crux patiens: medieval devotion to the dying Christ
  • Crux invicta: the cross in the Reformation period
  • Crux perdurans: the cross in the New World, Islam, and the modern era.

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