The cross : history, art, and controversy / Robin M. Jensen.
The cross : history, art, and controversy / Robin M. Jensen.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
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G 2019/2604 , G 2020/0641
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English
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Physical content
x, 270 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Scandalum crucis : the curse of the cross -- Signum crucis : the sign of the son of man -- Inventio crucis : discovery, dispersion, and commemoration of the cross -- Crux abscondita : the late-emerging crucifix -- Adoratio crucis : monumental gemmed crosses and feasts of the cross -- Carmina crucis...
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
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. Jesus's deat...
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The cross : history, art, and controversy / Robin M. Jensen.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2019/2604 , G 2020/0641
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74VKVB8vwD5O
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVB8vwD5O
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ISBN
9780674088801
DDC
246.558
MMS ID
991024242010502626
