Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-225) and index.
Contents
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Martin Luther: cultic abuse, religious art and Christian freedom; The iconophobes: Karlstadt, Zwingli and Calvin; Iconoclasm: rites of destruction; Icon and pulpit: the Eastern Churches and the Reformation; Symbols and commonplaces, or the conceptual background of the dispute on images; Appendix Protestant and Muslim aniconism: attempts at comparison; Notes; Guide to further reading; Index.
Summary
This fascinating book provides the first systematic overview of religious images and iconoclasm through the Reformation to the view of the Eastern Orthodox churches, covering both Western and Eastern Europe.
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