The Iconoclastic Deity

The Iconoclastic Deity
Author: Clyde A. Holbrook
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 1984
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780838750698

This book explores the meanings of images, with particular reference to the images of God found in the Bible, and surveys the various images found. It critically reviews theories of images, as distinguished from symbols, and argues that images are more forceful representations of the deity than are symbols.

Aching God

Aching God
Author: Mike Shel
Publisher:
Total Pages: 598
Release: 2018-03-27
Genre:
ISBN: 9781985746152

"Closer, mortal. You are here, finally, to feed the Aching God..." The days of adventure are passed for Auric Manteo. Retired to the countryside and isolated with his scars and riches, he no longer delves into forbidden ruins seeking dark wisdom and treasure. But just as old nightmares begin plaguing his sleep, he receives an urgent summons back to that old life. To save his only daughter, he must return to the place of his greatest trauma: the haunted Barrowlands. Along with a group of inexperienced companions and an old soldier, he must confront the dangers of the ancient and wicked Djao civilization. He has survived fell beasts, insidious traps, and deadly hazards before. But how can he contend with the malice of a bloodthirsty living god? First volume in the planned epic fantasy trilogy Iconoclasts, Aching God is the debut novel by RPG adventure designer Mike Shel. This volume also includes an advanced preview of Iconoclasts - Book II: Sin Eater.

Icons and the Name of God

Icons and the Name of God
Author: Sergiĭ Bulgakov
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2012-02-27
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0802866646

In Orthodox theology both the icon and the name of God transmit divine energies, theophanies, or revelations that imprint God's image within us. In Icons and the Name of God renowned Orthodox theologian Sergius Bulgakov explains the theology behind the Orthodox veneration of icons and the glorification of the name of God. In the process Bulgakov covers two major controversies -- the iconoclastic controversy (sixth to eighth centuries) and the "Name of God" controversy (early twentieth century) -- and explains his belief that an icon stops being merely a religious painting and becomes sacred when it is named. This translation of two essays "The Icon and Its Veneration" and "The Name of God" -- available in English for the first time -- makes Bulgakov's rich thinking on these key theological concepts available to a wider audience than ever before.

The Forbidden Image

The Forbidden Image
Author: Alain Besançon
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 431
Release: 2000
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0226044130

This book discusses the privileging and prohibition of religious images over two and a half millennia in the West.

Iconoclasm

Iconoclasm
Author: Anthony Bryer
Publisher: Centre for Byzantine Studies University of Birmingham
Total Pages: 224
Release: 1977
Genre: History
ISBN:

Icons and Power

Icons and Power
Author: Bissera V. Pentcheva
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2010-11-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780271048161

Pentcheva demonstrates that a fundamental shift in the Byzantine cult from relics to icons, took place during the late tenth century. Centered upon fundamental questions of art, religion, and politics, Icons and Power makes a vital contribution to the entire field of medieval studies.

Knowing God

Knowing God
Author: Elliot N. Dorff
Publisher: Jason Aronson, Incorporated
Total Pages: 319
Release: 1996-05-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1461629314

Contemporary Jews often find meaning in Judaism's family and communal orientation, its beautiful rituals, its enriching culture, its sense of ethnic rootedness, and its moral values. For the classical Jewish tradition, however, all of these features of Judaism depend on a belief in God. Since many modern Jews do not know what to make of that belief, it is often ignored. They may be inspired by Judaism's high regard for education and its passion for justice, but their belief in God rests on childhood images of the Almighty. They are often embarrassed and uneasy, for they sense that their attachment to Judaism may be based upon intellectual quicksand. Motivated by just such feelings, Rabbi Elliot Dorff probes what we as adults can know about God through human reason, human and Divine words, and human and Divine action. Without assuming a background in philosophy, he skillfully takes us through some of the major philosophical options and conundrums in using each of these sources of knowledge about God and the images of God that result. With remarkable clarity and inspiring honesty, Rabbi Dorff's exploration results in a vibrant Jewish faith, one that takes due regard for both the emotional and intellectual sides of our being. Dorff's own personal quest, artfully woven throughout this spiritually uplifting volume, aids the reader to make his or her own Judaism emotionally satisfying and intellectually sound. The result is a Judaism that can be for the modern reader what it is for the author: the product of a love of God 'with all one's heart, with all one's soul, and with all one's might.'

Brann The Iconoclast

Brann The Iconoclast
Author: William Cowper Brann
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2019-09-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3734082013

Reproduction of the original: Brann The Iconoclast by William Cowper Brann