The Cross: History, Art, and ControversyHarvard University Press, 17 kwi 2017 - 270 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 central symbol of Christianity inspires. |
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The Curse of the Cross | 1 |
The Sign of the Son of Man | 25 |
Discovery Dispersion and Commemoration of the Cross | 49 |
The LateEmerging Crucifix | 74 |
Monumental Gemmed Crosses and Feasts of the Cross | 97 |
The Cross in Poetry Legend and Liturgical Drama | 123 |
Medieval Devotion to the Dying Christ | 150 |
The Cross and Crucifix in the Reformation Period | 179 |
The Cross in the New World Islam and the Modern Era | 204 |
Notes | 223 |
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Credits | 261 |
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