Redeemed at countless cost
Subtitle: the recovery of iconographic theology and religious experience from 1850 to 2000
By: written by Stewart A. Dippel
Edition: 1st [edition].
Series: American university studies. VII, Theology and religion -- Vol. 360; American university studies -- vol. 360.
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2017
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781433138881; 9781433143830; 9781433143847; 9781433143854
Subjects: Christianity and the arts; Christian art and symbolism; Theologie; Icons; Theology; Ikonographie; Church history; Religiöse Erfahrung
Description: This book traces a recovery of iconographic religious experience and theology in the nineteenth century. In contrast to a logocentric religious focus, which privileges texts and their analysis, an iconographic focus emphasizes the visual and narrative attributes of religion. The introduction sets the stage by discussing the profound disquietude in the wake of Britain's Religious Census of 1851, along with the various responses to a perceived decline in religiosity. Two subsequent chapters deal with the resurgence of iconographic religion from the perspective of theology proper, arguing that contemporary theologians, such as those represented by the Yale School of Divinity, held to a more holistic as opposed to a fragmentary approach towards scripture. In doing so they came to center the scriptural stories on the events surrounding Christ's passion. The remaining chapters trace the recovery of iconographic religion through American, Russian, and British culture throughout the nineteenth century. Ultimately, this book argues for a revision on the standard 'read' regarding these artists and writers which holds that they were predominantly secular in orientation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction : ways and means; title: Rosie the riveter, Norman Rockwell, and religious iconography --; title: Richard Hooker and Jeremy Taylor : iconographic theology exemplified --; title: The imaginative quality of experience : resources for an iconographic theology --; title: The recovery of a religious vision in Nineteenth-Century Russian art --; title: The iconographic dimension of British popular culture Fin-de-Siecle : plays and painting --; title: The religious experience in Russian literature ---- Index.