1 option
Wonder beyond belief : on Christianity / Navid Kermani ; translated by Tony Crawford.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kermani, Navid, 1967- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Unglaubiges Staunen. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Christianity--Miscellanea.
- Christianity.
- Christian art and symbolism.
- Miscellanea.
- Christian art and symbolism--Miscellanea.
- Genre:
- Trivia and miscellanea.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 319 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- English edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- "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 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 re-invests 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, re-igniting our interest in great art at the same time. We are captivated by his unique and brilliant Islamic reading of the West"--Dust jacket front flap.
- Contents:
- I Mother and Son 1
- Mother 3
- Son 8
- Mission 15
- Love I 22
- Love II 28
- Humiliation 34
- Beauty 40
- Cross 47
- Lamentation 52
- Resurrection 57
- Transformation 62
- Death 78
- God I 85
- God II 93
- II Witness 101
- Cain 103
- Job 108
- Judith 115
- Elizabeth 121
- Peter 126
- Jerome 132
- Ursula I 138
- Ursula II 142
- Bernard 149
- Francis 156
- Peter Nolasco 163
- Simonida 169
- Paolo Dall' Oglio 174
- III Invocation 195
- Vocation 197
- Prayer 202
- Sacrifice 208
- Church 213
- Play 220
- Knowledge 226
- Tradition 235
- Light 249
- Lust I 262
- Lust II 267
- Recessional 272
- Art 280
- Friendship 288.
- Notes:
- "First published in German as Unglaubiges Staunen: Über das Christentum © Verlag C. H. Beck oHG, Munich, 2015."--title page verso. Translated from the German.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-316).
- Contains:
- Container of : Kermani, Navid, 1967- Unglaubiges Staunen. English.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Kermani, Navid, 1967- Wonder beyond belief.
- ISBN:
- 9781509514847
- 1509514848
- OCLC:
- 987354691
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.