Iconoclasm and iconoclash : : struggle for religious identity / / edited by Willem van Asselt ... [and others].

• TeilnehmendeR: Asselt, W. J. van.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Brill,, 2007.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series 14.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (546 p.)
• Notes: "Second conference of church historians Utrecht; University of Tilburg, faculty of Catholic Theology, Theology Department of Utrecht University."
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; 1. The Tension Between Word And Image In Christianity /; 2. The Dialectics Of The Icon: A Reference To God? /; 3. Word And Image In Christian Rituals /; 4. Seeing The Divine: A Holy Controversy /; 5. Our Image Of ‘Others’ And Our Own Identity /; 6. Idolatry And The Mirror: Iconoclasm As A Prerequisite For Inter-Human Relations /; 7. Biblical Controversy: A Clash Between Two Divinely Inspired Messages? /; 8. Anthropomorphism And Its Eradication /; 9. Augustine’S Thoughts On How God May Be Represented /; 10. The Saint As Icon: Transformation Of Biblical Imagery In Early Medieval Hagiography /; 11. ‘Erant Enim Sine Deo Uero’: Iconoclash In Apocryphal And Liturgical Apostle Traditions Of The Medieval West /; 12. Tangible Words: Some Reflections On The Notion Of Presence In Gothic Art /; 13. Cathars And The Representation Of The Divine: Christians Of The Invisible /; 14. The Clash Between Catholics And Cathars Over Veneration Of The Cross /; 15. Poor Building: The Case Of The Friars Minor /; 16. The Prohibition Of Images And Protestant Identity /; 17. Aspects Of Iconoclasm In Utrecht Today And In The Past /; 18. The Alphen Pig War /; 19. Papal Prohibitions Midway Between Rigor And Laxity. On The Issue Of Depicting The Holy Trinity /; 20. The Politics Of Representation: Prussian Monarchy And Roman Catholic Church In The Making Of Saints During The 19th Century /; 21. Christ, Art And The Nation. The Berlin ‘Christ Exhibition’ Of 1896 And The Search For A Protestant Identity In Wilhelminian Germany /; 22. The Written Icon: Images Of God In Modern Dutch Literature /; 23. The New Iconoclasm. The Avant-Garde And The Catholic Church /; 24. Vandalism As A Secular Iconoclasm /; Index /; Plates /; Black And White Plates /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1281936634; 9786611936631; 904742249X
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Willem van Asselt ... [and others].

This book focuses on iconoclastic controversies and, in particular, their impact on the creation of religious identities. In the history of Jewish, Christian and Muslim culture, religious identity was not only formed through historical claims, but also through the use of certain images: ‘images of God’, ‘images of the others’, and ‘images of the self.’ Moreover, in the struggle for religious identity these ‘images’ were time and again employed for the purpose of establishing distinct groups, both ortho- dox and deviant. At the same time, they supplied weapons in the theological debate and found explicit expression in certain rituals or liturgical traditions. These conference proceedings include a discussion of the role of images in society, politics, theology and liturgy, in particular addressing the ‘iconoclash’ of physical, mental and verbal images on the construction of religious identity.