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Byzantine Coins Influenced by the Shroud of Christ

Byzantine Coins Influenced by the Shroud of Christ

Numerous studies have been carried out on Byzantine coins but there are still no univocal interpretations on the details of the figures represented there and in particular on those relating to Jesus Christ. The information derived from the studies on the Holy Shroud the most important Relic of Christ in Christianity has clearly resulted in some new interpretations. This is the first book in the world that deals extensively with the effigy of Christ despite being the most sought after and collected by numismatists. Furthermore the book relates the different images of the Redeemer on Byzantine coins with the image of Jesus Christ on the Shroud the most important Relic of Christianity. The numerous collectors will therefore be interested in having not only a numismatic analysis of these coins but also a historical-religious study. This book which should be understandable to everyone demonstrates the strong influence that the Shroud had in the Byzantine era. | Byzantine Coins Influenced by the Shroud of Christ

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T. F. Torrance’s Christological Anthropology Discerning Humanity in Christ

T. F. Torrance’s Christological Anthropology Discerning Humanity in Christ

This book demonstrates the promise of Christology for developing Scottish theologian T. F. Torrance’s theological anthropology. T. F. Torrance’s Christological Anthropology: Discerning Humanity in Christ engages with several key themes in Torrance’s theological anthropology and considers how each one of these topics—anthropological method the metaphysics of human nature the imago Dei personhood vocation human destiny—can be further developed in light of Christ. Christopher Woznicki argues that Christology not only holds promise for the task of developing Torrance’s insights on humanity but also for developing a constructive account of humanity. The volume is valuable reading for scholars of T. F. Torrance’s theology and for those who are interested in the role of Christology in theological anthropology. | T. F. Torrance’s Christological Anthropology Discerning Humanity in Christ

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The Buddha The Prophet and the Christ

The Buddha The Prophet and the Christ

Originally published in 1956 this book brings together from the canonical writings of Buddhism Islam and Christianity the most important of the passages in which the view of the Founder is reflected. It aims to let each of the sacred traditions tell its own story and only such comments have been added as seem necessary to bring out the full significance of the passage quoted. The final chapter summarizes some of the difficult questions which arise from a comparison of the extracts from the 3 traditions. | The Buddha The Prophet and the Christ

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A Poetics of Jesus The Search for Christ Through Writing in the Nineteenth Century

A Poetics of Jesus The Search for Christ Through Writing in the Nineteenth Century

This title was first published in 2002: A Poetics of Jesus explores the act of writing within and between the boundaries of 19th century biblical criticism and fiction. Reflecting on the work of Christian poetics after Augustine to Baur Feuerbach Friedrich Strauss and Victorian novelists of the eighteenth and nineteenth century this book breaks new ground in juxtaposing the evoked image of Christ arising from Victorian biblical criticism against the image of Christ within fiction letting both these images and the words that figured them interact. This book offers a highly accessible introduction to 19th century literature and theology through comparisons made to contemporary post-modern theorists. Demonstrating how literature can inform theology without itself becoming 'theology' this book constitutes an important contribution to the literature/theology debate and a much needed contribution to contemporary Christology through its introduction to the literature and the writers central to the beginnings of the historical quest for Jesus. | A Poetics of Jesus The Search for Christ Through Writing in the Nineteenth Century

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The Cristos yacentes of Gregorio Fernández Polychrome Sculptures of the Supine Christ in Seventeenth-Century Spain

The Cristos yacentes of Gregorio Fernández Polychrome Sculptures of the Supine Christ in Seventeenth-Century Spain

Analyzing seventeenth-century images of the dead Christ produced by Gregorio Fern¡ndez author Ilenia Col³n Mendoza investigates how and why the artist and his patrons manipulated these images in connection with the religious literature of the time to produce striking images that moved the faithful to devotion. In so doing she contributes new findings to the topic of Spanish sacred sculpture. The author re-examines these sculptures not only in the context of a larger sculptural group but also as independent sculptures that were intended as powerful aids to contemplation and devotion as was prescribed by the writings of San Juan de la Cruz and Luis de Granada. Combining study of the sculptural works with that of liturgical sources she reveals the connection between the written word and the sculpted work of art. Through this interdisciplinary approach the author links Fern¡ndez's sculptural program with the strategic objectives of major patrons of the period such as the Duke of Lerma and King Philip III of Spain both fervent defenders of the Catholic faith. | The Cristos yacentes of Gregorio Fernández Polychrome Sculptures of the Supine Christ in Seventeenth-Century Spain

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The Shroud of Turin First Century after Christ

The Shroud of Turin First Century after Christ

The Shroud of Turin is the most important and studied relic in the world. The many scientific studies on the relic until today have failed to provide conclusive answers about the identity of the enveloped man and the dynamics regarding the image impressed therein. This book not only addresses these issues in a scientific and objective manner but also leads the reader through new search paths. In the second edition besides including some of the most recent findings on the Shroud the authors follow the many tips and comments received from readers. The Shroud’s dating by means of alternative methods has not been free from controversies some of which have even implied the non-authenticity of the Shroud’s samples tested. So the authors duly expand Chapter 7 to include the proof of the origin of the samples used in the recent scientific research and also address the provenance and the path of the original sample. Furthermore a new section contains a personal interview with the authors that is the result of the interesting and praiseworthy work of a Bavarian high school student. Although there are many books on the subject none contains such a formidable quantity of scientific news and reports. Unique in its genre this book is a powerful tool for those who want to study the Turin Shroud deeply. | The Shroud of Turin First Century after Christ

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Investigating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ A New Transdisciplinary Approach

Investigating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ A New Transdisciplinary Approach

This book provides an original and comprehensive assessment of the hypotheses concerning the origin of resurrection Christology. It fills a gap in the literature by addressing these issues using a transdisciplinary approach involving historical-critical study of the New Testament theology analytic philosophy psychology and comparative religion. Using a novel analytic framework this book demonstrates that a logically exhaustive list of hypotheses concerning the claims of Jesus’ post-mortem appearances and the outcome of Jesus’ body can be formulated. It addresses these hypotheses in detail including sophisticated combinations of hallucination hypothesis with cognitive dissonance; memory distortion; and confirmation bias. Addressing writings from both within and outside of Christianity it also demonstrates how a comparative religion approach might further illuminate the origins of Christianity. This is a thorough study of arguably the key event in the formation of the Christian faith. As such it will be of keen interest to theologians New Testament scholars philosophers and scholars of religious studies. | Investigating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ A New Transdisciplinary Approach

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The Shroud of Christ Evidence of a 2 000 Year Antiquity

The Shroud of Christ Evidence of a 2 000 Year Antiquity

The Shroud of Turin has been the focus of extensive study by historians and researchers since the beginning of the twentieth century. It is possibly the world’s most studied historical artifact generating a regular flow of new research publications. There is however one scientific test that overshadows all other research: the 1988 radiocarbon dating. This test dated the cloth to the period 1260–1390AD and was given such extensive publicity that most people today no longer accept the Shroud to be a true relic. Sadly very few people are aware that this test has been widely criticized for falling short of acceptable scientific standards. Similarly most people remain unaware of the wealth of compelling evidence that contradicts the conclusions of that test and supports claims of the Shroud’s authenticity. This book reveals extracts from secret discussions on dating evidence from the Shroud Science Group a private international forum of Shroud researchers and provides a detailed account of the dating evidence revealed by over a hundred years of research. It outlines reasons why the 1988 radiocarbon dating test continues to attract criticism from respected scientists and also describes a series of innovative flax dating techniques which have recently been used measure the age of Shroud material producing results that contradict the radiocarbon date. | The Shroud of Christ Evidence of a 2 000 Year Antiquity

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Irenaeus of Lyons and the Mosaic of Christ Preaching Scripture in the Era of Martyrdom

Irenaeus of Lyons and the Mosaic of Christ Preaching Scripture in the Era of Martyrdom

Recent theological scholarship has shown increasing interest in patristic exegesis. The way early Christians read scripture has attracted not only historians but also systematic and exegetical scholars. However the Christian reading of scripture before Origen has been neglected or more often dominated by Gnostic perspectives. This study uses the writings of Irenaeus to argue that there was a rich Christian engagement with scripture long before Origen and the supposed conflict between Antioch and Alexandria. This is a focused examination of specific exegetical themes that undergird Irenaeus’ argument against his opponents. However whereas many works interpret Irenaeus only as he relates to certain Gnostic teachings this book recognizes the broader context of the second century and explores the profound questions facing early Christians in an era of martyrdom. It shows that Irenaeus is interested not simply in expounding the original intent of individual texts but in demonstrating how individual texts fit into the one catholic narrative of salvation. This in turn he hopes will cause his audience to see their place as individuals in the same narrative. Using insightful close reading of Irenaeus allied with a firm grounding in the context in which he wrote this book will be vital reading for scholars of the early Church as well as those with interests in patristics and the development of Christian exegesis. | Irenaeus of Lyons and the Mosaic of Christ Preaching Scripture in the Era of Martyrdom

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Experiencing Time in the Early Modern Hispanic World After Apocalypse

Experiencing Time in the Early Modern Hispanic World After Apocalypse

This book considers the new ways time was experienced in the sixteenth- and seventeeth-century Hispanic world in the framework of global Catholicism. It underscores the crucial role that the imitation of Christ plays in modeling how representative writers physically and mentally interiorize temporal impermanence as the Messiah’s suffering body becomes a paradigmatic as well as malleable marker of the avatars of earthly history. Particular attention is paid to the ways in which authors adapt Christ-centered conceptions of existence to accommodate both a volatile post-eschatological world and the increased dominance of mechanical clock time. As novel means of communing with Christ emerge so too do new modes of sensing and understanding time unleashing unprecedented cultural and literary reinvention. This is demonstrated through close analyses of writings by such influential figures as Saint Ignatius of Loyola Saint Teresa of Ávila Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. | Experiencing Time in the Early Modern Hispanic World After Apocalypse

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The Finality of the Higher Criticism Or The Theory of Evolultion and False Theology

The Finality of the Higher Criticism Or The Theory of Evolultion and False Theology

First published in 1988 this volume was originally published according to the authors thanks to a ‘conscious call’. They were ‘fully persuaded that the honor of Christ and the very life of His church are alike endangered by the doubting spirit now brooding over the educational institutions of America. ’ The book contains chapters on the prominence of scepticism in schools; the theory of evolution and false theology; and the sacred scriptures. | The Finality of the Higher Criticism Or The Theory of Evolultion and False Theology

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Clothed in the Body Asceticism the Body and the Spiritual in the Late Antique Era

Clothed in the Body Asceticism the Body and the Spiritual in the Late Antique Era

Hunt examines the apparent paradox that Jesus' earthly existence and post resurrection appearances are experienced through consummately physical actions and attributes yet some ascetics within the Christian tradition appear to seek to deny the value of the human body to find it deadening of spiritual life. Hunt considers why the Christian tradition as a whole has rarely managed more than an uneasy truce between the physical and the spiritual aspects of the human person. Why is it that the 'Church' has energetically argued through centuries of ecumenical councils for the dual nature of Christ but seems still unwilling to accept the full integration of physical and spiritual within humanity despite Gregory of Nazianzus's comment that 'what has not been assumed has not been redeemed'? | Clothed in the Body Asceticism the Body and the Spiritual in the Late Antique Era

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Tree of Jesse Iconography in Northern Europe in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries

Tree of Jesse Iconography in Northern Europe in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries

This book is the first detailed investigation to focus on the late medieval use of Tree of Jesse imagery traditionally a representation of the genealogical tree of Christ. In northern Europe from the mid-fifteenth to the early sixteenth centuries it could be found across a wide range of media. Yet as this book vividly illustrates it had evolved beyond a simple genealogy into something more complex which could be modified to satisfy specific religious requirements. It was also able to function on a more temporal level reflecting not only a clerical preoccupation with a sense of communal identity but a more general interest in displaying a family’s heritage continuity and/or social status. It is this dynamic and polyvalent element that makes the subject so fascinating. | Tree of Jesse Iconography in Northern Europe in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries

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Revival: The Gospel of the Redman (1937) An Indian Bible

Revival: The Gospel of the Redman (1937) An Indian Bible

There is no Indian Bible written by an Indian just as there was no Pentateuch written by Moses no Tripitika by Buddha no Dialogues by Socrates no Gospels written by Christ. All these records were made long after by those who knew their Master in his lifetime or at least received the traditions of his teachings from those who were privileged to hear his voice. The Indian teachings in the fields of art handicraft woodcraft agriculture social life health and joy need no argument beyond presentation; they speak for themselves. They are what we need; and in offering them here I do so realizing that the Redman is the apostle of outdoor life his example and precept are what the world needs to-day above any other ethical teaching of which I have knowledge. But his spiritual message is more important and less understood. | Revival: The Gospel of the Redman (1937) An Indian Bible

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A Kryptic Model of the Incarnation

A Kryptic Model of the Incarnation

The Incarnation traditionally understood as the metaphysical union between true divinity and true humanity in the one person of Jesus Christ is one of the central doctrines for Christians over the centuries. Nevertheless many scholars have objected that the Scriptural account of the Incarnation is incoherent. Being divine seems to entail being omniscient omnipotent and omnipresent but the New Testament portrays Jesus as having human properties such as being apparently limited in knowledge power and presence. It seems logically impossible that any single individual could possess such mutually exclusive sets of properties and this leads to scepticism concerning the occurrence of the Incarnation in history. A Kryptic Model of the Incarnation aims to provide a critical reflection of various attempts to answer these challenges and to offer a compelling response integrating aspects from analytic philosophy of religion systematic theology and historical-critical studies. Loke develops a new Kryptic model of the Incarnation drawing from the Greek word Krypsis meaning ’hiding’ and proposing that in a certain sense Christ’s supernatural properties were concealed during the Incarnation.

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Painting the Bible Representation and Belief in Mid-Victorian Britain

Painting the Bible Representation and Belief in Mid-Victorian Britain

Painting the Bible is the first book to investigate the transformations that religious painting underwent in mid-Victorian England. It charts the emergence of a Protestant realist painting in a period of increasing doubt scientific discovery and biblical criticism. The book analyzes the position of religious painting in academic discourse and assesses the important role Pre-Raphaelite work played in redefining painting for mid-Victorian audiences. This original study brings together a wide range of material from high art and popular culture. It locates the controversy over the religious works of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in debates about academicism revivalism and caricature. It also investigates William Holman Hunt's radical orientalist-realist approach to biblical subject matter which offered an important updating of the image of Christ that chimed with the principles of liberal Protestantism. The book will appeal to scholars and students across disciplines such as art history literature history and cultural studies. Its original research rigorous analysis and accessible style will make it essential reading for anyone interested in questions of representation and belief in mid-Victorian England. | Painting the Bible Representation and Belief in Mid-Victorian Britain

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Federico Barocci Inspiration and Innovation in Early Modern Italy

Federico Barocci Inspiration and Innovation in Early Modern Italy

Reviewers of a recent exhibition termed Federico Barocci (ca. 1533–1612) 'the greatest artist you’ve never heard of'. One of the first original iconographers of the Counter Reformation Barocci was a remarkably inventive religious painter and draftsman and the first Italian artist to incorporate extensive color into his drawings. The purpose of this volume is to offer new insights into Barocci’s work and to accord this artist the dates of whose career fall between the traditional Renaissance and Baroque periods the critical attention he deserves. Employing a range of methodologies the essays include new ideas on Barocci’s masterpiece the Entombment of Christ; fresh thinking about his use of color in his drawings and innovative design methods; insights into his approach to the nude; revelations on a key early patron; a consideration of the reasons behind some of his most original iconography; an analysis of his unusual approach to the marketing of his pictures; an exploration of some little-known aspects of his early production such as his reliance on Italian majolica and contemporary sculpture in developing his compositions; and an examination of a key Barocci document the post mortem inventory of his studio. A translated transcription of the inventory is included as an appendix. | Federico Barocci Inspiration and Innovation in Early Modern Italy

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Spiritual Dimensions in the Music of Edmund Rubbra

Spiritual Dimensions in the Music of Edmund Rubbra

Edmund Rubbra’s music has given him a reputation as a ‘spiritual’ composer who had an interest in Eastern thought and a mid-life conversion to Roman Catholicism. This book takes a wide and detailed view of ‘spiritual’ dimensions or strands that were important in his life positioning them both biographically and within the context of contemporaneous English culture. It proceeds to interpret through detailed analysis the ways these spiritual aspects are reflected in specific compositions. Thematical treatment of these spiritual issues touching on Theosophy dance Eastern religions and thought nature the evolutionary theory of Teilhard de Chardin and the Christ figure presents a multi-faceted view of Rubbra’s life and music. Its contribution to a scholarly re-evaluation of his place within twentieth-century British music and culture engages and meshes with several areas of current scholarly research in the arts and humanities including academic interest in Theosophy modernism and the arts experimental dance and the Indian cultural renaissance and East–West musical interactions of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It also adds to a burgeoning body of writings on music and spirituality fuelled by the popularity of later twentieth-century and contemporary composers who make more overt spiritual references in their music. | Spiritual Dimensions in the Music of Edmund Rubbra

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Binding the Absent Body in Medieval and Modern Art Abject virtual and alternate bodies

Binding the Absent Body in Medieval and Modern Art Abject virtual and alternate bodies

This collection of essays considers artistic works that deal with the body without a visual representation. It explores a range of ways to represent this absence of the figure: from abject elements such as bodily fluids and waste to surrogate forms including reliquaries manuscripts and cloth. The collection focuses on two eras medieval and modern when images referencing the absent body have been far more prolific in the history of art. In medieval times works of art became direct references to the absent corporal essence of a divine being like Christ or were used as devotional aids. By contrast in the modern era artists often reject depictions of the physical body in order to distance themselves from the history of the idealized human form. Through these essays it becomes apparent even when the body is not visible in a work of art it is often still present tangentially. Though the essays in this volume bridge two historical periods they have coherent thematic links dealing with abjection embodiment and phenomenology. Whether figurative or abstract sacred or secular medieval or modern the body maintains a presence in these works even when it is not at first apparent. | Binding the Absent Body in Medieval and Modern Art Abject virtual and alternate bodies

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Slavoj Žižek and Christianity

Slavoj Žižek and Christianity

Slavoj Žižek’s critical engagement with Christian theology goes much further than his seminal The Fragile Absolute (2000) or his The Puppet and the Dwarf (2003) or even his discussion with noted theologian John Milbank in The Monstrosity of Christ (2009). His reading of Christianity utilising his signature elements of Lacanian psychoanalysis and Hegelian philosophy with modern philosophical currents can be seen as a genuinely original contribution to the philosophy of religion. This book focuses on these aspects of Žižek’s thought with either philosophy and cultural theory or Christian theology serving as starting points of enquiry. Written by a panel of international contributors each chapter teases out various strands of Žižek’s thought concerning Christianity and religion and brings them into a wider conversation about the nature of faith. These essays show that far from being an outright rejection of Christian thought and intellectual heritage Žižek’s work could be seen as a perverse affirmation thereof. Thus what he has to say should be of direct interest to Christian theology itself. Touching on thinkers such as Badiou Lacan Chesterton and Schelling this collection is a dynamic reading and re-reading of Žižek’s relationship to Christianity. As such scholars of theology the philosophy of religion and Žižek more generally will all find this book to be of great interest. | Slavoj Žižek and Christianity

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Memento Mori in Contemporary Art Theologies of Lament and Hope

Memento Mori in Contemporary Art Theologies of Lament and Hope

This book explores how four contemporary artists—Francis Bacon Joseph Beuys Robert Gober and Damien Hirst—pursue the question of death through their fraught appropriations of Christian imagery. Each artist is shown to not only pose provocative theological questions but also to question the abilities of theological speech to adequately address current attitudes to death. When set within a broader theological context around the thought of death Bacon’s works invite fresh readings of the New Testament’s narration of the betrayal of Christ and Beuys’ works can be appreciated for the ways they evoke Resurrection to envision possible futures for Germany in the aftermath of war. Gober’s immaculate sculptures and installations serve to create alternative religious environments and these places are both evocative of his Roman Catholic upbringing and virtually haunted by the ghosts of his excommunication from that past. Lastly and perhaps most problematically Hirst has built his brand as an artist from making jokes about death. By opening fresh arenas of dialogue and meaning-making in our society and culture today the rich humanity of these artworks promises both renewed depths of meaning regarding our exit from this world as well as how we might live well within it for the time that we have. As such it will be a vital resource for all scholars in Theology the Visual Arts Material Religion and Religious Studies. | Memento Mori in Contemporary Art Theologies of Lament and Hope

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