TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jensen,Robin M 
TI  - CROSS : : History, Art, and Controversy
SN  - 9780674088801
U1  - 246.558 
PY  - 2017////01/01
CY  - Camebridge
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Crosses
KW  - Crosses in art
KW  - Holy Cross
KW  - Holy Cross in art
KW  - Jensen, Robin Margaret, 1952-
KW  - Iconic Symbols
N1  - The cross stirs intense feelings among Christians and non-Christians alike. Robin Jensen takes readers on an intellectual and spiritual journey through the 2,000-year evolution of the cross as idea and artifact, illuminating the controversies and forms of devotion this central symbol of Christianity inspires; Contents

Preface
1.Scandalum Crucis : The Curse of the Cross
2.Signum Crucis : The Sign of the Son of Man
3.Inventio Crucis : Discovery, Dispersion, and commemoration of the cross.
4.Cruz Abscondita: The Late-Emerging Crucifix
5.Adoration Crucis : Monumental Gemmed Crosses and Feasts of the Cross
6.Carmina crucis : The Cross in Poetry, Legend, and Liturgical Drama.
7.Crux Patiens: Medieval Devotion to the Dying Christ
8.Crux Invicta : The Cross and Crucifix in the Reformation Period
9.Crux Perdurans : The Cross in the New World, Islam, and the Modern Era
ER  -