Engaging the passion
Subtitle: perspectives on the death of Jesus
By: Oliver Larry Yarbrough, editor
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 441
ISBN-13: 9781451472158
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Crucifixion of Jesus Christ; Literature; Art; Passion; Passion of Jesus Christ; Crucifixion; In literature; Passion music
Description: In Engaging the Passion, Oliver Larry Yarbrough has gathered an impressive array of scholars to survey the wealth of ways in which the death of Jesus has been portrayed and represented in Scripture, liturgy and music, literature, art and film, theology, and ethics. In addition to addressing topics many readers will find familiar -- gospel narratives, Holy Week services, Bach Passions, and well-known paintings -- the essays also treat rap music, street art, a contemporary Buddhist Passion, Chagall's crucifixions, the poetry of Walt Whitman and Countee Cullen, J.R.R. Tolkien's unlikely hero Frodo Baggins, images from the battlefield, and stories from the soup kitchen. The contributors approach their topics from a variety of perspectives -- Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and secular; their voices differ as well, from the challenging to the comforting and from the academic to the confessional. Addressing the faithful, the skeptical, and the curious, Engaging the Passion is unique in its breadth and rare in the diverse voices of its contributors. Amply illustrated and with accompanying discography and filmography, it will be a welcome resource for classes in Scripture, theology, liturgy, and the arts, as well as for personal and congregational study.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. The Texts :; title: 1. The passion of Christ in the letters of Paul / Jouette Bassler; title: 2. Synoptic passions / Oliver Larry Yarbrough; title: 3. It is accomplished! : the passion in the gospel of John / David Rensberger; title: Part II. Liturgy and Music :; title: 4. The passion in Christian liturgy / Robert Atwell; title: 5. Musical settings of the passion texts / Andrew Shenton; title: Part III. Literature :; title: 6. The passion in American literature / John McWilliams; title: 7. Dostoevsky's fiery "furnace of doubt" / Michael R. Katz; title: 8. Frodo and the passion in J.R.R. Tolkien's The lord of the rings / Matthew Dickerson; title: Part IV. Images :; title: 9. The Alexamenos graffito : street art in ancient Rome / Oliver Larry Yarbrough; title: 10. Engaging the Lothar cross / Eliza Garrison; title: 11. Albrecht Dürer's The kiss of Judas or "der heyligen schryfft studiren" / Christopher Kent Wilson; title: 12. Titian's Noli me tangere / Katherine Smith Abbott and Elizabeth Oyler; title: 13. Manet's Dead Christ with angels / John Hunisak; title: 14. Marc Chagall's Jewish Jesus / Margaret O'Brien Steinfels; title: 15. Can you feel me? : the passion in the public art ministries of Damon Lamar Reed / Kymberly Pinder; title: 16. Banksy's Christmas passion / Emmie Donadio; title: 17. Dying for our sins : Jesus' passion on the silver screen / Adele Reinhartz; title: Part V. Other Traditions :; title: 18. On pesach and pascha : Jews, Christians, and the passion / Jeremy Cohen; title: 19. The death of Jesus in Islam : reality, assumptions, and implications / Suleiman A. Mourad; title: Part VI. Ethics and Theology :; title: 20. Theological themes in the passion / Katherine Sonderegger; title: 21. Self-giving, nonviolence, peacemaking : an approach to Catholic moral life and Christ's passion / William Werpehowski.