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The Cross : History, Art, and Controversy / Robin M. Jensen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (280 p.) : 63 color illustrationsContent type:
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  • 9780674979284
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 246/.558 23
LOC classification:
  • BV160
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Scandalum Crucis: The Curse of the Cross -- 2. Signum Crucis: The Sign of the Son of Man -- 3. Inventio Crucis: Discovery, Dispersion, and Commemoration of the Cross -- 4. Crux Abscondita: The Late-Emerging Crucifix -- 5. Adoratio Crucis: Monumental Gemmed Crosses and Feasts of the Cross -- 6. Carmina Crucis: The Cross in Poetry, Legend, and Liturgical Drama -- 7. Crux Patiens: Medieval Devotion to the Dying Christ -- 8. Crux Invicta: The Cross and Crucifix in the Reformation Period -- 9. Crux Perdurans: The Cross in the New World, Islam, and the Modern Era -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Credits -- Index
Summary: The cross stirs intense feelings among Christians and non-Christians alike. Robin Jensen takes readers on an intellectual and spiritual journey through the 2,000-year evolution of the cross as idea and artifact, illuminating the controversies and forms of devotion this central symbol of Christianity inspires.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Scandalum Crucis: The Curse of the Cross -- 2. Signum Crucis: The Sign of the Son of Man -- 3. Inventio Crucis: Discovery, Dispersion, and Commemoration of the Cross -- 4. Crux Abscondita: The Late-Emerging Crucifix -- 5. Adoratio Crucis: Monumental Gemmed Crosses and Feasts of the Cross -- 6. Carmina Crucis: The Cross in Poetry, Legend, and Liturgical Drama -- 7. Crux Patiens: Medieval Devotion to the Dying Christ -- 8. Crux Invicta: The Cross and Crucifix in the Reformation Period -- 9. Crux Perdurans: The Cross in the New World, Islam, and the Modern Era -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Credits -- Index

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The cross stirs intense feelings among Christians and non-Christians alike. Robin Jensen takes readers on an intellectual and spiritual journey through the 2,000-year evolution of the cross as idea and artifact, illuminating the controversies and forms of devotion this central symbol of Christianity inspires.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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