TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jensen,Robin M.
TI  - The Cross: History, Art, and Controversy 
SN  - 9780674979284
AV  - BV160 
U1  - 246/.558 23
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - Cambridge, MA : 
PB  - Harvard University Press, 
KW  - Crosses in art
KW  - Crosses
KW  - History
KW  - Holy Cross in art
KW  - Holy Cross
KW  - RELIGION / Christianity / History
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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; restricted access
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674979284
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