Research Catalog

Title

Image as theology : the power of art in shaping Christian thought, devotion, and imagination / edited by C.A. Strine, Mark McInroy, Alexis Torrance.

Publication

• Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2021]
• ©2021

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Additional Authors

• Strine, C. A. (Casey Alan), 1975-
• McInroy, Mark
• Torrance, Alexis, 1985-
• Heath, Jane
• Jensen, Robin Margaret, 1952-
• Montemaggi, Vittorio

Description

239 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm.

Summary

Our lives are saturated with images. They exert an unparalleled power in contemporary culture. However, the power of images is in fact nothing new. Although texts are often the most important historical sources for academics, the image played an enormous role for those who actually lived in these past societies. Images communicated all manner of concepts and messages to a much wider audience than theological texts. Throughout history, images frequently depicted God, human beings, and their relationship in a manner that was meant to teach theology and inspire awe. Historically speaking, most people who have done theological reflection have done so in intimate conversation with the images seen in sacred spaces. This volume explores how images themselves are theology, how they influence sacred texts and theological concepts in a way that words cannot on their own. In part one, the book presents five essays investigating the ways in which images have shaped sacred and theological texts. In part two, the book offers five discussions of the sort of theological work that images can perform that words are unable to do. The volume concludes by outlining areas for future research and exploration based on the insights achieved among the chapters. The collection is, in its totality, a celebration of how central the image has been in shaping theology and how it should continue to do so

Series Statement

Arts and the Sacred ; 6

Uniform Title

Arts and the sacred (Series) ; 6.

Alternative Title

Power of art in shaping Christian thought, devotion, and imagination

Subject

• Christian art and symbolism
• Art and religion
• Icons
• Theology

Note

• Contributors Jane Heath, Robin Jensen, Mark McInroy, Vittorio Montemaggi, and others

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-232) and indexes

Contents

Introduction: The place of the image / C. A. Strine, Mark McInroy, and Alexis Torrance -- 'Mischmetaphors': (Re-)Presenting God in unusual and sophisticated ways Brent A. Strawn - Mary's image as theology / Jane Heath -- early Christian visual theology: iconography of the Trinity and Christ Robin M. Jensen -- Persons or principles? the meaning of the Byzantine icon revisited / Alexis Torrance -- The catalytic image: migration, image, and exegetical imagination in the Jacob Narrative (Genesis 25-33) / C. A. Strine -- Image as theology in Dante's Commedia: praying for each other's good / Vittorio Montemaggi -- Beholding the radiant invisible: the incarnate image in Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Hans Urs von Balthasar, and Jean-Luc Marion / Mark McInroy - Brought into the fold / Ben Quash -- the end of images: towards a phenomenology of eschatological expectation / Judith Wolfe.

Call Number

JQF 23-19

ISBN

• 9782503581217
• 2503581218

OCLC

1317679595

Title

Image as theology : the power of art in shaping Christian thought, devotion, and imagination / edited by C.A. Strine, Mark McInroy, Alexis Torrance.

Publisher

Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2021]

Copyright Date

©2021

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Arts and the Sacred ; 6

Arts and the sacred (Series) ; 6.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-232) and indexes

Added Author

Strine, C. A. (Casey Alan), 1975- editor.

McInroy, Mark, editor, author.

Torrance, Alexis, 1985- editor.

Heath, Jane, author.

Jensen, Robin Margaret, 1952- author.

Montemaggi, Vittorio, author.

Research Call Number

JQF 23-19