The Grief of God
Images of the Suffering Jesus in Late Medieval England
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 15 May 1997
- ISBN 9780195104516
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages240 pages
- Size 162x238x20 mm
- Weight 567 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 24 pp halftones 0
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Short description:
Between the 12th and 14th centuries images of the suffering Christ proliferated in England, appearing in sermons, drama, church decorations, and spiritual treatises. Some scholars see these as signs of a new emphasis on Jesus's humanity, while other see renewed emphasis on a terrifying God of vengeance. Ellen Ross argues that these images served as a vivid narrative of God's mercy made tangible in Jesus Christ.
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Between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries images of a wounded and bloody Christ proliferated in England, appearing in sermons, drama, church decorations, and spiritual treatises. Some scholars see these graphic portrayals of suffering as signs of a new emphasis on Jesus's humanity, while others see renewed emphasis on a terrifying God of vengeance. Ross, however, argues that these explanations have misunderstood the nature of medieval attitudes toward the suffering Christ. Analysing a wide range of textual and pictorial evidence, she finds that in their encounters with the wounded Jesus - the Saviour whose blood nurtures, feeds, and heals human persons - medieval believers found the God of mercy and love.
The material of Helen Ross's book is compelling and not less so for its distance from us. Ellen Ross has some good remarks to make on the technique of remembrance which leads from contrition to compassion to longing.- Peter Cramer - Revue D'Histoire Ecclesiastique 94
