Robin M. Jensen is Patrick O’Brien Professor of Theology and Fellow at the Medieval Institute and the Nanovic Institute, University of Notre Dame.

"Elegantly designed and replete with full-color illustrations (many photographs by the author), From Idols to Icons…will ignite scholarly dialogue beyond traditional disciplinary categories and methodologies into the foreseeable future."

• ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Preface 1. Early Christian Condemnation of Idols 2. Aniconism: In Defense of the Invisible God 3. Epiphanies: Encountering the Visible God 4. Early Christian Pictorial Art: From Sacred Narratives to Holy Portraits 5. Holy Portraits: Controversies and Commendation 6. The True Likeness 7. Miraculous and Mediating Portraits 8. Materiality, Visuality, and Spiritual Insight Epilogue: The Idols’ Last Stand List of AbbreviationsNotes BibliographyGeneral Index Index of Sources

Robin M. Jensen is Patrick O’Brien Professor of Theology and Fellow at the Medieval Institute and the Nanovic Institute, University of Notre Dame.

"Elegantly designed and replete with full-color illustrations (many photographs by the author), From Idols to Icons…will ignite scholarly dialogue beyond traditional disciplinary categories and methodologies into the foreseeable future."

• ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Preface 1. Early Christian Condemnation of Idols 2. Aniconism: In Defense of the Invisible God 3. Epiphanies: Encountering the Visible God 4. Early Christian Pictorial Art: From Sacred Narratives to Holy Portraits 5. Holy Portraits: Controversies and Commendation 6. The True Likeness 7. Miraculous and Mediating Portraits 8. Materiality, Visuality, and Spiritual Insight Epilogue: The Idols’ Last Stand List of AbbreviationsNotes BibliographyGeneral Index Index of Sources

Robin M. Jensen is Patrick O’Brien Professor of Theology and Fellow at the Medieval Institute and the Nanovic Institute, University of Notre Dame.

"Elegantly designed and replete with full-color illustrations (many photographs by the author), From Idols to Icons…will ignite scholarly dialogue beyond traditional disciplinary categories and methodologies into the foreseeable future."

• ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Preface 1. Early Christian Condemnation of Idols 2. Aniconism: In Defense of the Invisible God 3. Epiphanies: Encountering the Visible God 4. Early Christian Pictorial Art: From Sacred Narratives to Holy Portraits 5. Holy Portraits: Controversies and Commendation 6. The True Likeness 7. Miraculous and Mediating Portraits 8. Materiality, Visuality, and Spiritual Insight Epilogue: The Idols’ Last Stand List of AbbreviationsNotes BibliographyGeneral Index Index of Sources