Saving Paradise: How Christianity Traded Love of This World for Crucifixion and Empire
by Rita Nakashima Brock
Rating
LanguageEN
Total Pages576 pages
ISBN
9780807067505
Published
2007
Description
When rita brock and rebecca parker began traveling the mediterranean world in search of art depicting the dead, crucified jesus, they discovered something that traditional histories of christianity and christian art had ...When rita brock and rebecca parker began traveling the mediterranean world in search of art depicting the dead, crucified jesus, they discovered something that traditional histories of christianity and christian art had underplayed or sought to explain away: it took jesus christ a thousand years to die. During their first millennium, christians filled their sanctuaries with images of christ as a living presence in a vibrant world.
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