Contents

Preface

PART 1: Critical Contexts

1 Introduction: Religion and the Discourse of Modernism

2 H. R. Rookmaaker, Modern Art and the Death of a Culture

PART 2: Geographies, Histories and Encounters

3 France, Britain and the Sacramental Image

4 Germany, Holland and Northern Romantic Theology

5 Russian Icons, Dada Liturgies and Rumors of Nihilism

6 North America and the Expressive Image

7 North America in the Age of Mass Media

Epilogue

Afterword: So What? by Daniel A. Siedell

Bibliography

Illustrations

Notes

General Index

Scripture Index

Praise for Modern Art and the Life of a Culture

About the Authors

Studies in Theology and the Arts

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