Re-thinking, Re-making, Re-living Christian Origins
edited by Ivan Foletti, Manuela Gianandrea, Serena Romano and Elisabetta Scirocco
If there is one constant in the history of Christianity and especially of the Western Church, it is its deep desire to be connected with its own past. From the perspective of the longue duree, it might even be possible to state that a meditation on Christian origins was a common and widespread response used throughout history in the face of each great moment of crisis within the Church. In those situations, the rhetoric produced by the Church was always aimed at emphasizing a desire to return to these mythical roots, the ideal community, a pure and radical Christianity. The question underlying this book is the way in which this desire for the past provides the occasion to re-live, re-think and re-create Christian origins. More precisely, the crux of our work is to understand how this desire can transform and rewrite the past both in materiality – with restorations of ancient monuments – and in ideas – writing history.
If there is one constant in the history of Christianity and especially of the Western Church, it is its deep desire to be connected with its own past. From the perspective of the longue duree, it might even be possible to state that a meditation on Christian origins was a common and widespread response used throughout history in the face of each great moment of crisis within the Church. In those situations, the rhetoric produced by the Church was always aimed at emphasizing a desire to return to these mythical roots, the ideal community, a pure and radical Christianity. The question underlying this book is the way in which this desire for the past provides the occasion to re-live, re-think and re-create Christian origins. More precisely, the crux of our work is to understand how this desire can transform and rewrite the past both in materiality – with restorations of ancient monuments – and in ideas – writing history. In this book, the main focus of attention is dedicated to three key moments, corresponding more or less to three crucial episodes in the history of the Catholic Church in the modern era. The first of these three is the Reformation and subsequent Counter-Reformation, between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Second comes the moment in which the Catholic Church lost its temporal power during the Unification of Italy and the “spiritual” reaction culminating with the First Vatican Council (1869-1870). Lastly is the period before and after the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), which can be considered the most significant reaction of Catholicism towards modernity.
- By (author) Novella Barbolani di Montauto
- By (author) Xavier Barral i Altet
- By (author) Nicolas Bock
- By (author) Valentina Cantone
- By (author) Stefano Cracolici
- By (author) Alessandra Di Croce
- By (author) Stefano D’Ovidio
- By (author) Ilaria Fiumi Sermattei
- By (author) Ivan Foletti
- By (author) Johannes Gebhardt
- By (author) Manuela Gianandrea
- By (author) Ondrej Jakubec
- By (author) Jan Klipa
- By (author) Vinni Lucherini
- By (author) Filip Malesevic
- By (author) Stefano Pierguidi
- By (author) Chiara Piva
- By (author) Sabina Rosenbergova
- By (author) Mirko Santanicchia
- By (author) Elisabetta Scirocco
- By (author) Antonino Tranchina
- Edited by Ivan Foletti
- Edited by Manuela Gianandrea
- Edited by Serena Romano
- Edited by Elisabetta Scirocco
Other Titles in this Series
L’ art multiplie
Production de masse, en serie, pour le marche dans les arts entre Moyen Age et Renaissance
Volume 11
Da Bisanzio alla Santa Russia
Nikodim Kondakov (1844-1925) e la nascita della storia dellarte in Russia
Volume 12
Pittura e committenza in Lombardia tra Due e Trecento
L'ascesa di una signoria e la genesi di un linguaggio
Volume 29
Una ‘questione campana’
La prima arte monumentale cristiana tra Napoli, Nola e Capua (secc. IV-VI)
Volume 24
La Russie et l’Occident
Relations intellectuelles et artistiques au temps des revolutions russes
Volume 10
Entre l’Empire et la mer
Traditions locales et echanges artistiques (Moyen Age-Renaissance)
Volume 4
Dans le manuscrit et en dehors
Echanges entre l'enluminure et les autres arts (IXe-XVIe siecles)
Volume 33
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