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In Engaging the Passion, Oliver Larry Yarbrough has gathered an impressive array of scholars to survey the wealth of ways in which the death ofJesus has been portrayed and represented in Scripture, liturgy and music, literature, art and film, theology, and ethics. In addition to addressing topics many readers will find familiar-gospel narratives, Holy Week services, Bach Passions, and well-known paintings-the essays also treat rap music, street art, a contemporary Buddhist Passion, Chagall's crucifixions, the poetry of Walt Whitman and Countee Cullen, J. R. R. Tolkien's unlikely hero Frodo Baggins, images from the battlefield, and stories from the soup kitchen. The contributors approach their topics from a variety of perspectives-Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and secular; their voices differ as well, from the challenging to the comforting and from the academic to the confessional. Addressing the faithful, the skeptical, and the curious, Engaging the Passion is unique in its breadth and rare in the diverse voices of its contributors. Amply illustrated and with accompanying discography and filmography, it will be a welcome resource for classes in Scripture, theology, liturgy, and the arts, as well as for personal and congregational study.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Religion & beliefs Religion: general

• Full title: Engaging the Passion
• Subtitle: Perspectives on the Death of Jesus
• Author: Oliver Larry Yarbrough
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 441
• EAN: 9781451472158
• ISBN: 1451472153
• ID: 09256489
• Publisher: 1517 Media
• Weight: 740 g
• Dimensions: 231 × 153 × 35 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. September 2015

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