Un amore inquieto. Potere delle immagini e storia cristiana

This volume deals with the relation between the power of images and Christian history, not easily captured within the definition of “sacred art”. Here we are dealing with a bond that has a polyvalent story. Christianity kept its distance for many years from the idolatrous seduction of images, only to assign them a power nearly on a par with that of a sacrament. In our time, images are at the service of a strong visual culture which complicates their relationship with the traditional needs of the believer’s experience.The friendship between the power of the image and Christian life has always been troubled, continuously in search of balance. A theme of great current interest.