Ideas and Images Serving Christianity

It is worth remembering that Christianity, established by the Word of God, is essentially a religion of the word. Based on the word of the sacred Scriptures, the Old and New Testament, Christianity also needed, for its diffusion and consolidation, to constantly employ a varied range of words that ar...

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description It is worth remembering that Christianity, established by the Word of God, is essentially a religion of the word. Based on the word of the sacred Scriptures, the Old and New Testament, Christianity also needed, for its diffusion and consolidation, to constantly employ a varied range of words that are, structured in the form of patristic exegesis, theological treatises, apologetic writings, catechetical teachings, homilies, and liturgical hymns. In turn, the image appeared from the very beginnings to indicate that in Christianity isas a necessary support and a complement to the word, as it makes a way of making visible the contents of the invisible words. That way, words become images, forming as the visible shapes of ideas. In the meantime, the words supported the images, acting as explanations of the images, especially when their iconic appearance is not evident. Therefore, words and images have become essentially intertwined in Christianity: the words reflected in the images, and the images revealed by the words. The current Reprint of the Religions’ Special Issue “Ideas and Images Serving Christianity: Words Illustrated by Forms and Forms Explained by Words” brings together thirteen studies by specialists in various academic fields, such as theology, Mariology, philosophy, iconography, arts and humanities, cultural studies, Church history, literature, and sociology. Each of them has cooperated in an outstanding manner to this monograph that undoubtedly provides a valuable contribution to the existing scholarship.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1651772025-08-12T08:09:28Z Ideas and Images Serving Christianity Salvador-González, José María Western Christianity Mariology heavenly royalty divine motherhood patrology theology liturgical hymns Marian iconography Franciscan school God’s eternal reasons hermeneutic of continuity objective Mariology Beatus of Liébana Beatus Beatus manuscripts sambuca cymbalum symphonia Commentary on the Book of Daniel commentary on the apocalypse nebuchadnezzar’s orchestra musical iconography Annunciation hortus conclusus perpetual virginity Patrology Hermetism in arts Neoplatonism in arts Christian aesthetics circular composition scientific cosmological diagrams medieval visual cultures early modern visual cultures symbolic forms Lapidario Salome Herodias femme fatale feminist rhetorical criticism reception of the Bible iconography biblical cultural studies transcendentals art aesthetics Alexander of Hales Henry of Ghent Dionysius the Carthusian ontology metaphysics intellect Christian iconography Chinese porcelain religious influence artistic hybridization missionaries Hrabanus Maurus medieval theology visual poetry theological symbolism Carolingian renaissance last supper Kufic calligraphy refectory material analysis monastery of San Salvador de Oña Pedro I Enrique II Trastamara Dynasty God human being Christianity image icon communio credo pro-existence participation plainchant liturgical drama and medieval theatre medieval music liturgy merchant scene interdisciplinarity poetry and music middle ages medieval art medieval culture Romanesque Catalonia feudalism memory Apocalypse word and image neo-Platonism Ripoll monastery Last Judgment thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs It is worth remembering that Christianity, established by the Word of God, is essentially a religion of the word. Based on the word of the sacred Scriptures, the Old and New Testament, Christianity also needed, for its diffusion and consolidation, to constantly employ a varied range of words that are, structured in the form of patristic exegesis, theological treatises, apologetic writings, catechetical teachings, homilies, and liturgical hymns. In turn, the image appeared from the very beginnings to indicate that in Christianity isas a necessary support and a complement to the word, as it makes a way of making visible the contents of the invisible words. That way, words become images, forming as the visible shapes of ideas. In the meantime, the words supported the images, acting as explanations of the images, especially when their iconic appearance is not evident. Therefore, words and images have become essentially intertwined in Christianity: the words reflected in the images, and the images revealed by the words. The current Reprint of the Religions’ Special Issue “Ideas and Images Serving Christianity: Words Illustrated by Forms and Forms Explained by Words” brings together thirteen studies by specialists in various academic fields, such as theology, Mariology, philosophy, iconography, arts and humanities, cultural studies, Church history, literature, and sociology. Each of them has cooperated in an outstanding manner to this monograph that undoubtedly provides a valuable contribution to the existing scholarship. 2025-08-12T08:09:26Z 2025-08-12T08:09:26Z 2025 book ONIX_20250812T095121_9783725833412_126 9783725833412 9783725833429 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/165177 eng image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/10595 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-7258-3342-9 10.3390/books978-3-7258-3342-9 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783725833412 9783725833429 334 open access
spellingShingle Western Christianity
Mariology
heavenly royalty
divine motherhood
patrology
theology
liturgical hymns
Marian iconography
Franciscan school
God’s eternal reasons
hermeneutic of continuity
objective Mariology
Beatus of Liébana
Beatus
Beatus manuscripts
sambuca
cymbalum
symphonia
Commentary on the Book of Daniel
commentary on the apocalypse
nebuchadnezzar’s orchestra
musical iconography
Annunciation
hortus conclusus
perpetual virginity
Patrology
Hermetism in arts
Neoplatonism in arts
Christian aesthetics
circular composition
scientific cosmological diagrams
medieval visual cultures
early modern visual cultures
symbolic forms
Lapidario
Salome
Herodias
femme fatale
feminist rhetorical criticism
reception of the Bible
iconography
biblical cultural studies
transcendentals
art
aesthetics
Alexander of Hales
Henry of Ghent
Dionysius the Carthusian
ontology
metaphysics
intellect
Christian iconography
Chinese porcelain
religious influence
artistic hybridization
missionaries
Hrabanus Maurus
medieval theology
visual poetry
theological symbolism
Carolingian renaissance
last supper
Kufic calligraphy
refectory
material analysis
monastery of San Salvador de Oña
Pedro I
Enrique II
Trastamara Dynasty
God
human being
Christianity
image
icon
communio
credo
pro-existence
participation
plainchant
liturgical drama and medieval theatre
medieval music
liturgy
merchant scene
interdisciplinarity
poetry and music
middle ages
medieval art
medieval culture
Romanesque Catalonia
feudalism
memory
Apocalypse
word and image
neo-Platonism
Ripoll monastery
Last Judgment
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs
Ideas and Images Serving Christianity
title Ideas and Images Serving Christianity
title_full Ideas and Images Serving Christianity
title_fullStr Ideas and Images Serving Christianity
title_full_unstemmed Ideas and Images Serving Christianity
title_short Ideas and Images Serving Christianity
title_sort ideas and images serving christianity
topic Western Christianity
Mariology
heavenly royalty
divine motherhood
patrology
theology
liturgical hymns
Marian iconography
Franciscan school
God’s eternal reasons
hermeneutic of continuity
objective Mariology
Beatus of Liébana
Beatus
Beatus manuscripts
sambuca
cymbalum
symphonia
Commentary on the Book of Daniel
commentary on the apocalypse
nebuchadnezzar’s orchestra
musical iconography
Annunciation
hortus conclusus
perpetual virginity
Patrology
Hermetism in arts
Neoplatonism in arts
Christian aesthetics
circular composition
scientific cosmological diagrams
medieval visual cultures
early modern visual cultures
symbolic forms
Lapidario
Salome
Herodias
femme fatale
feminist rhetorical criticism
reception of the Bible
iconography
biblical cultural studies
transcendentals
art
aesthetics
Alexander of Hales
Henry of Ghent
Dionysius the Carthusian
ontology
metaphysics
intellect
Christian iconography
Chinese porcelain
religious influence
artistic hybridization
missionaries
Hrabanus Maurus
medieval theology
visual poetry
theological symbolism
Carolingian renaissance
last supper
Kufic calligraphy
refectory
material analysis
monastery of San Salvador de Oña
Pedro I
Enrique II
Trastamara Dynasty
God
human being
Christianity
image
icon
communio
credo
pro-existence
participation
plainchant
liturgical drama and medieval theatre
medieval music
liturgy
merchant scene
interdisciplinarity
poetry and music
middle ages
medieval art
medieval culture
Romanesque Catalonia
feudalism
memory
Apocalypse
word and image
neo-Platonism
Ripoll monastery
Last Judgment
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs
topic_facet Western Christianity
Mariology
heavenly royalty
divine motherhood
patrology
theology
liturgical hymns
Marian iconography
Franciscan school
God’s eternal reasons
hermeneutic of continuity
objective Mariology
Beatus of Liébana
Beatus
Beatus manuscripts
sambuca
cymbalum
symphonia
Commentary on the Book of Daniel
commentary on the apocalypse
nebuchadnezzar’s orchestra
musical iconography
Annunciation
hortus conclusus
perpetual virginity
Patrology
Hermetism in arts
Neoplatonism in arts
Christian aesthetics
circular composition
scientific cosmological diagrams
medieval visual cultures
early modern visual cultures
symbolic forms
Lapidario
Salome
Herodias
femme fatale
feminist rhetorical criticism
reception of the Bible
iconography
biblical cultural studies
transcendentals
art
aesthetics
Alexander of Hales
Henry of Ghent
Dionysius the Carthusian
ontology
metaphysics
intellect
Christian iconography
Chinese porcelain
religious influence
artistic hybridization
missionaries
Hrabanus Maurus
medieval theology
visual poetry
theological symbolism
Carolingian renaissance
last supper
Kufic calligraphy
refectory
material analysis
monastery of San Salvador de Oña
Pedro I
Enrique II
Trastamara Dynasty
God
human being
Christianity
image
icon
communio
credo
pro-existence
participation
plainchant
liturgical drama and medieval theatre
medieval music
liturgy
merchant scene
interdisciplinarity
poetry and music
middle ages
medieval art
medieval culture
Romanesque Catalonia
feudalism
memory
Apocalypse
word and image
neo-Platonism
Ripoll monastery
Last Judgment
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs
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