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Wonder Beyond Belief
- On Christianity
Engelsk Paperback
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Wonder Beyond Belief
- On Christianity
Engelsk Paperback

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What happens when one of Germany’s most important writers, himself a Muslim, immerses himself in the world of Christian art? In this book, Navid Kermani is awestruck by a religion full of sacrifice and lamentation, love and wonder, the irrational and the unfathomable, the deeply human and the divine – a Christianity that today’s Christians rarely speak of so earnestly, boldly and enthusiastically. With the open-minded curiosity of a non-believer – or rather a believer in another faith – Kermani engages with Christian art in its great richness and diversity. The result is an enchanting reflection which reinvests in Christianity both its spectacular beauty and its terror. Kermani struggles with the cross, falls in love at the sight of Mary, experiences the Orthodox Mass and appreciates the greatness of St Francis. He teaches us to see the questions of our present-day lives in the pictures of old masters such as Botticelli, Caravaggio and Rembrandt – not with lectures on art history or theology, but with an intelligent eye for the essential details and the underlying relations to seemingly remote worlds, to literature and to mystical Islam. Kermani’s poetic school of seeing draws us in as we are carried along by his unique perspective on Christianity, rekindling our interest in great art at the same time. We are captivated by his unique and brilliant Islamic reading of the West.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
336
ISBN-13:
9781509538713
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1509538712
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
13 sep 2019
Længde:
25mm
Bredde:
215mm
Højde:
140mm
Forlag:
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Oplagsdato:
13 sep 2019
Forfatter(e):
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