The Pathos of the Cross

by Richard Viladesau

The Baroque period was in some senses the beginning of modern Western scientific and intellectual culture-the early budding of the Enlightenment. In the light of a new scientific and historical consciousness, it saw the rise of deism and the critique of traditional forms of Christianity. Secular values and institutions were openly or surreptitiously replacing the structures of traditional Christian society. At the same time, there was also a trend...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199352682
• ISBN13: 9780199352685
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"