The Folly of the Cross

This is a very rich historical study of what theologians (but not preachers) and artists (generally painters) made of the passion of Christ in early modernity. Like others, I hope that Viladesau will complete his masterly work with a fifth volume examining the cross in modernity.

Auteur
Richard Viladesau is Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology at Fordham University.

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The Folly of the Cross is the fourth book in Richard Viladesau's series examining the aesthetics and theology of the cross through Christian history. Previous volumes have brought the story up through the Baroque era. This new book examines the reception of the message of the cross from the European Enlightenment to the turn of the twentieth century.

Contenu

• Preface

• Chapter 1 -- Introduction

• Chapter 2 -- The theological mediation: The doctrine of the cross in 18th and 19th century theology

• Chapter 3 -- The aesthetic mediation: The passion in the music of the Classical and Romantic eras

• Chapter 4 -- The aesthetic mediation: The cross in the visual arts in early modernity

• Chapter 5 -- The aesthetic mediation: The passion in spirituality, piety, and devotion

• Chapter 6 -- Epilogue and prospect

• Appendix: Discography of the Passion

• Bibliography

• Index