Description
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsCONTENTS
About the authors 4
Dedication 5
Introduction 6
Chapter 1: The cross of shame 10
Chapter 2: People of the cross 18
Chapter 3: “By this conquer!” 26
Chapter 4: Reigning from the cross 32
Chapter 5: The cross and the inheritors of Rome 38
Chapter 6: The cross and hammer (Vikings) 46
Chapter 7: The challenge of Islam:
crusader cross, crusader Christ? 52
Chapter 8: Suffering on the cross 60
Chapter 9: The cross in Africa 66
Chapter 10: Crucifix or empty cross?
The Reformation and Counter-Reformation 72
Chapter 11: New World – new cross? 80
Chapter 12: The cross in the age of imperialism and industrialization 86
Chapter 13: The cross in the age of total war 92
Chapter 14: The supreme sacrifice 98
Chapter 15: The abuse of the cross (fascism and racism) 104
Chapter 16: The Man on a Village Tree:
the persecuted identifying with the cross in the post-war world 112
Chapter 17: The cross as a fashion statement 120
Chapter 18: The cross in modern art and installations 128
Chapter 19: The future of the cross 138
Acknowledgments 146
References 147
Index 156
Credits 160
