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In the Beginning Is the Icon: A Liberative Theology of Images, Visual Arts and Culture

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In the Beginning is the Icon: A Liberative Theology of Images, Visual Arts and Culture - Bergmann, Sigurd
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Icons provide depictions of God or encounters with the divine that enable reflection and prayer. 'In the Beginning is the Icon' explores the value of these images for a theology of liberation. Iconology, art theory, philosophical aesthetics, art history and anthropology are integrated with rigorous theological reflection to argue that the creation and observation of pictures can have a liberating effect on humanity. In presenting art from across the world, 'In the Beginning is the Icon' reflects the ethnocentricity of both ...

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In the Beginning is the Icon: A Liberative Theology of Images, Visual Arts and Culture 2016, Routledge, London

ISBN-13: 9781138661059

Paperback

In the Beginning Is the Icon: A Liberative Theology of Images, Visual Arts and Culture 2009, Routledge, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9781845531720

Hardcover