Willem van Asselt is Associate Professor in Church History, Theological Faculty (Utrecht University).Paul van Geest holds the chair of Augustinian Studies at the Faculty of Catholic Theology (Tilburg University) and at the Theological Faculty of the Free University (Vrije Universiteit) Amsterdam.Daniela Müller is full Professor in Church History at the Faculty of Catholic Theology (University of Tilburg).Theo Salemink is Associate Professor in Church History at the Faculty of Catholic Theology (University of Tilburg).

"Der Band versammelt viele und anregende Studien unter dem weiten Titelthema. Die Sorgvalt der Beiträge und deren Zusammenstellung machen die Lektüre lohnend und entdeckungsreich. Der bildwissenschaftliche Ertrag bleibt allerdings überschaubar" – Philipp Stoellger (Rostock), in: Theologische Literaturzeitung 135 (2010)

• INTRODUCTION PART 1: WORD AND IMAGE: FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS The Tension Between Word and Image in Christianity Willemien Otten The Dialectics of the Icon: A Reference to God?Anton Houtepen Word and Image in Christian RitualsGerard Rouwhorst Seeing the Divine: a Holy ControversyAlexander Even-ChenOur Image of ‘Others’ and Our Own IdentityDaniela Müller Idolatry and the Mirror: Iconoclasm as a Prerequisite for Interhuman RelationsMarcel Poorthuis PART II: JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN DEBATES ON IMAGES UNTIL THE REFORMATION Biblical Controversy: A Clash Between Two Divinely Inspired Messages?Shulamit Laderman Anthropomorphism and its EradicationShamma Friedman Augustine’s Thoughts on How God May Be Represented Paul van GeestThe Saint as Icon: Transformation of Biblical Imagery in Early Medieval HagiographyNienke Vos ‘Erant enim sine deo uero’. Iconoclash in Apocryphal and Liturgical Apostle Traditions of the Medieval WestEls Rose Tangible Words: Some Reflections on the Notion of Presence in Gothic ArtBabette Hellemans Cathars and the Representation of the Divine: Christians of the Invisible Anne Brenon The Clash Between Catholics and Cathars over Veneration of the CrossBeverly Kienzle Poor Building: The Case of the Friars MinorGerard Pieter FreemanPART III: PROTESTANT REFORMATION AND CATHOLIC REFORMATION The Prohibition of Images and Protestant Identity Willem van Asselt Aspects of Iconoclasm in Utrecht – Today and in the PastCasper Staal The Alphen Pig WarJo Spaans Papal Prohibitions Midway Between Rigor and Laxity.On the Issue of Depicting the Holy TrinityJan HallebeekPART IV: MODERN TIMESThe Politics of Representation: Prussian Monarchy and Roman Catholic Church in the Making of Saints During the 19th CenturyAngela Berlis Christ, Art and the Nation. The Berlin ‘Christ Exhibition’ of 1896 and the Search for a Protestant Identity in Wilhelminian GermanyChristopher KönigThe Written Icon Images of God in Modern Dutch LiteratureJaap Goedegebuure The New Iconoclasm. The Avant-garde and the Catholic Church Theo SaleminkVandalism as a Secular IconoclasmAlexander Demandt

Willem van Asselt is Associate Professor in Church History, Theological Faculty (Utrecht University).Paul van Geest holds the chair of Augustinian Studies at the Faculty of Catholic Theology (Tilburg University) and at the Theological Faculty of the Free University (Vrije Universiteit) Amsterdam.Daniela Müller is full Professor in Church History at the Faculty of Catholic Theology (University of Tilburg).Theo Salemink is Associate Professor in Church History at the Faculty of Catholic Theology (University of Tilburg).

"Der Band versammelt viele und anregende Studien unter dem weiten Titelthema. Die Sorgvalt der Beiträge und deren Zusammenstellung machen die Lektüre lohnend und entdeckungsreich. Der bildwissenschaftliche Ertrag bleibt allerdings überschaubar" – Philipp Stoellger (Rostock), in: Theologische Literaturzeitung 135 (2010)

• INTRODUCTION PART 1: WORD AND IMAGE: FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS The Tension Between Word and Image in Christianity Willemien Otten The Dialectics of the Icon: A Reference to God?Anton Houtepen Word and Image in Christian RitualsGerard Rouwhorst Seeing the Divine: a Holy ControversyAlexander Even-ChenOur Image of ‘Others’ and Our Own IdentityDaniela Müller Idolatry and the Mirror: Iconoclasm as a Prerequisite for Interhuman RelationsMarcel Poorthuis PART II: JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN DEBATES ON IMAGES UNTIL THE REFORMATION Biblical Controversy: A Clash Between Two Divinely Inspired Messages?Shulamit Laderman Anthropomorphism and its EradicationShamma Friedman Augustine’s Thoughts on How God May Be Represented Paul van GeestThe Saint as Icon: Transformation of Biblical Imagery in Early Medieval HagiographyNienke Vos ‘Erant enim sine deo uero’. Iconoclash in Apocryphal and Liturgical Apostle Traditions of the Medieval WestEls Rose Tangible Words: Some Reflections on the Notion of Presence in Gothic ArtBabette Hellemans Cathars and the Representation of the Divine: Christians of the Invisible Anne Brenon The Clash Between Catholics and Cathars over Veneration of the CrossBeverly Kienzle Poor Building: The Case of the Friars MinorGerard Pieter FreemanPART III: PROTESTANT REFORMATION AND CATHOLIC REFORMATION The Prohibition of Images and Protestant Identity Willem van Asselt Aspects of Iconoclasm in Utrecht – Today and in the PastCasper Staal The Alphen Pig WarJo Spaans Papal Prohibitions Midway Between Rigor and Laxity.On the Issue of Depicting the Holy TrinityJan HallebeekPART IV: MODERN TIMESThe Politics of Representation: Prussian Monarchy and Roman Catholic Church in the Making of Saints During the 19th CenturyAngela Berlis Christ, Art and the Nation. The Berlin ‘Christ Exhibition’ of 1896 and the Search for a Protestant Identity in Wilhelminian GermanyChristopher KönigThe Written Icon Images of God in Modern Dutch LiteratureJaap Goedegebuure The New Iconoclasm. The Avant-garde and the Catholic Church Theo SaleminkVandalism as a Secular IconoclasmAlexander Demandt

Willem van Asselt is Associate Professor in Church History, Theological Faculty (Utrecht University).Paul van Geest holds the chair of Augustinian Studies at the Faculty of Catholic Theology (Tilburg University) and at the Theological Faculty of the Free University (Vrije Universiteit) Amsterdam.Daniela Müller is full Professor in Church History at the Faculty of Catholic Theology (University of Tilburg).Theo Salemink is Associate Professor in Church History at the Faculty of Catholic Theology (University of Tilburg).

"Der Band versammelt viele und anregende Studien unter dem weiten Titelthema. Die Sorgvalt der Beiträge und deren Zusammenstellung machen die Lektüre lohnend und entdeckungsreich. Der bildwissenschaftliche Ertrag bleibt allerdings überschaubar" – Philipp Stoellger (Rostock), in: Theologische Literaturzeitung 135 (2010)

• INTRODUCTION PART 1: WORD AND IMAGE: FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS The Tension Between Word and Image in Christianity Willemien Otten The Dialectics of the Icon: A Reference to God?Anton Houtepen Word and Image in Christian RitualsGerard Rouwhorst Seeing the Divine: a Holy ControversyAlexander Even-ChenOur Image of ‘Others’ and Our Own IdentityDaniela Müller Idolatry and the Mirror: Iconoclasm as a Prerequisite for Interhuman RelationsMarcel Poorthuis PART II: JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN DEBATES ON IMAGES UNTIL THE REFORMATION Biblical Controversy: A Clash Between Two Divinely Inspired Messages?Shulamit Laderman Anthropomorphism and its EradicationShamma Friedman Augustine’s Thoughts on How God May Be Represented Paul van GeestThe Saint as Icon: Transformation of Biblical Imagery in Early Medieval HagiographyNienke Vos ‘Erant enim sine deo uero’. Iconoclash in Apocryphal and Liturgical Apostle Traditions of the Medieval WestEls Rose Tangible Words: Some Reflections on the Notion of Presence in Gothic ArtBabette Hellemans Cathars and the Representation of the Divine: Christians of the Invisible Anne Brenon The Clash Between Catholics and Cathars over Veneration of the CrossBeverly Kienzle Poor Building: The Case of the Friars MinorGerard Pieter FreemanPART III: PROTESTANT REFORMATION AND CATHOLIC REFORMATION The Prohibition of Images and Protestant Identity Willem van Asselt Aspects of Iconoclasm in Utrecht – Today and in the PastCasper Staal The Alphen Pig WarJo Spaans Papal Prohibitions Midway Between Rigor and Laxity.On the Issue of Depicting the Holy TrinityJan HallebeekPART IV: MODERN TIMESThe Politics of Representation: Prussian Monarchy and Roman Catholic Church in the Making of Saints During the 19th CenturyAngela Berlis Christ, Art and the Nation. The Berlin ‘Christ Exhibition’ of 1896 and the Search for a Protestant Identity in Wilhelminian GermanyChristopher KönigThe Written Icon Images of God in Modern Dutch LiteratureJaap Goedegebuure The New Iconoclasm. The Avant-garde and the Catholic Church Theo SaleminkVandalism as a Secular IconoclasmAlexander Demandt