The Cross and Creation in Christian Liturgy and Art
Overview
“The cross is not only the ubiquitous symbol of Christianity,” declares Christopher Irvine in the introduction to this wide-ranging study. Irvine explains how the cross can be read and understood by exploring its place in the architectural setting of Christian worship, in the artwork placed in churches, and in the liturgy. Irvine explains how Christ’s sacrifice is related both to the Eucharist and to the natural world as God’s creation. The Cross and Creation in Christian Liturgy and Art also reveals how art and Christian worship open up a liturgical way of seeing the cross as a sign of life—of God’s intention to make creation anew. It encourages us to see worship as a fitting response to the Christian vision of life flourishing in paradise.
- Title: The Cross and Creation in Christian Liturgy and Art
- Author: Christopher Irvine
- Series: Alcuin Club Collections
- Volume: 88
- Publisher: SPCK
- Print Publication Date: 2013
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Christian art and symbolism; Creation in art; Crosses in art; Crosses; Holy Cross in art; Liturgy and art
- ISBNs: 9780281069088, 9780281070992, 0281069085, 0281070997
- Resource ID: LLS:CRSSCRTNCHRSTNL
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T23:00:56Z