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A Free Society Reader rises to the challenge of freedom in the
twenty-first century, offering thoughts and insights with
significant implications for citizens of today's brand new world.
Our era's most prominent figures in the fields of Christianity and
liberty speak about Pope John Paul II's vision of a free society,
conceptualize Christianity and political economy, debate issues of
democracy and the free society, and question the role of culture.
Together for the first time in one volume, these preeminent
thinkers provide inspiration and insight to scholars, students, and
general readers charting the enormous changes the new millennium
has seen.
How did the representation of the divine come to be an issue of
philosophical import? Why was the biblical proscription of "graven
images" interpreted differently by Jews, Muslims, and Christians?
How have modern thinkers and artists addressed notions of the
sacred in the realm of art? "The Forbidden Image" traces the dual
strains of "iconophilia" and iconoclasm, the privileging and
prohibition of religious images, over a span of two and half
millennia in the West.
Philosophers and theologians have long engaged in intense debate
and introspection over the representation of the deity, its
possibilities and its proscriptions. Alain Besancon's work begins
with a comprehensive examination of the status of the image in
Greek, Judaic, Islamic, and Christian thought. The author then
addresses arguments regarding the moral authority of the image in
both Eastern and Western European Christianity from the medieval
through the early modern periods, and analyzes the Roman Catholic
Church's rhetorical use of images to educate and stir viewers to
piety. Besancon completes "The Forbidden Image" with an examination
of how iconophilia and iconoclasm have been debated in the modern
period by thinkers as diverse as Calvin, Pascal, Kant, and Hegel,
concluding the volume with a discussion of how these theological
and intellectual currents have transformed European painting.
Now available in English translation, "The Forbidden Image" is an
in-depth study of a topic of long-standing philosophical,
religious, and artistic significance. This highly acclaimed work
will reach a new audience of readers in the fields of intellectual
and art history, religion, and philosophy.
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