Modern Christianity, Part of the Cultural Wars. The Challenge of a Visual Culture

The article focuses on the changing landscape of modern Christianity. It does so by analysing the use of the notion of image in early Christianity and in later eras. It appears that Christianity created an ambiguous concept of the notion of image, reducing it in the end to a void image. This develop...

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Main Author:	Matthias Smalbrugge
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2019-04-01
Series:	Religions
Subjects:	image culture identity nominalism
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/10/5/299

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spelling	doaj-5f56b8251b9146aaa84aabe3497bedb52020-11-24T21:49:52ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442019-04-0110529910.3390/rel10050299rel10050299Modern Christianity, Part of the Cultural Wars. The Challenge of a Visual CultureMatthias Smalbrugge0Department Texts & Traditions, Faculty of Religion and Theology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The NetherlandsThe article focuses on the changing landscape of modern Christianity. It does so by analysing the use of the notion of image in early Christianity and in later eras. It appears that Christianity created an ambiguous concept of the notion of image, reducing it in the end to a void image. This development caused a separation between theology and culture. It is a separation which eventually led to a Christianity that is hostile to modern culture and seeks only to reinforce its own identity.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/10/5/299imagecultureidentitynominalism
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description	The article focuses on the changing landscape of modern Christianity. It does so by analysing the use of the notion of image in early Christianity and in later eras. It appears that Christianity created an ambiguous concept of the notion of image, reducing it in the end to a void image. This development caused a separation between theology and culture. It is a separation which eventually led to a Christianity that is hostile to modern culture and seeks only to reinforce its own identity.
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Modern Christianity, Part of the Cultural Wars. The Challenge of a Visual Culture

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