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Light on Darkness: The Untold Story of the Liturgy de Cosima Clara Gillhammer

Light on Darkness: The Untold Story of the Liturgy

Autor Cosima Clara Gillhammer
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 16 iun 2025
With implications for the history of religion and art alike, an exploration of the lasting influence of Christian liturgy across a range of media.
 
Light on Darkness: The Untold Story of the Liturgy offers a captivating journey through the history of religious rituals in Western Europe, showcasing the profound impact of Christian liturgy on art, literature, music, and architecture. Through ten evocative stories, it explores medieval rituals and their cultural influence up to the present day, providing fresh insights into the enduring legacy of the liturgy as an expression of human emotion and religious experience. Accessible to all, this guide provides translations and explanations to uncover the hidden treasures of ancient rites and their lasting significance, appealing to those seeking a deeper understanding of Western liturgical traditions.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781836390435
ISBN-10: 1836390432
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: 19 color plates, 2 halftones
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: REAKTION BOOKS
Colecția Reaktion Books

Notă biografică

Cosima Clara Gillhammer is career development fellow in English at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford. She teaches and researches medieval literature, culture, and liturgy. Her books include A Late-Medieval History of the Ancient and Biblical World.

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"This is a superb book. Gillhammer writes with great sensitivity and imagination, skilfully demonstrating how over many centuries the rituals and songs of the liturgy have shaped and given voice to the deepest emotions of human experience. Insightful, accessible and often moving, this book is a wonderful guide to the liturgy, its rich history and its lasting influence on modern culture."

"A beautiful book that gives voice to our deepest human need for ritual and meaning. Through scripture, art, music, poetry and liturgical theology, Gillhammer retells the story of Christian worship through sign and symbol, affirming the place of the liturgy in the modern world and as a gift that continues to shape our culture and our imagination."

"The rituals of Christian liturgy have survived the centuries, Gillhammer believes, because they express something central to human experience, having a powerful effect on believers and non-believers alike. Indeed, she claims, the liturgy stands at the very centre of the cultural history of the West. Yet nowadays this fact is appreciated only by a relatively small number of believers, while for most people it stands as a well-kept secret. Gillhammer seeks to share that secret broadly. Her admiration of the vast body of art and thought generated by the essentials of Christian ritual is conveyed with great success. This attractive and elegantly written book is well-designed for non-specialist readers, and richly deserves wide interest and appreciation."