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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Recent Scholarship on the Use of the Visual in Religious Traditions | |
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| Theological Perspectives on Art and the Traditions of Worship | |
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| Protestant Worship | |
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| The Meaning of Worship: A Personal Event, Under the Right Conditions | |
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| Engaging the Arts, at a Distance | |
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| Discovering the Power of Art | |
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| Exploring the Visual in Worship | |
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| Protestants Connecting with the Tradition | |
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| Protestants and Art: Still an Uneasy Alliance? | |
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| Orthodox Worship | |
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| Liturgy and the Visual | |
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| Tradition and the Visual | |
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| Worship and Its Liturgical Logic | |
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| The Role of the Image in Orthodox Worship | |
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| The Orthodox Choice: Worship and Identity | |
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| The Visual Culture of Orthodoxy | |
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| Catholic Worship | |
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| God's Presence in the Forms of Worship | |
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| Worship in Concrete Forms | |
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| A Stimulus for the Imagination | |
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| The Visual and the Reform of Worship | |
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| "God Gathers Us All Through Beauty" | |
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| Beauty, Creation, and Worship | |
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| Beauty, Art, and Worship | |
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| Beauty and the Environment of Worship | |
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| The Beauty of Humanity and Worship | |
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| Conclusion: Beauty and Worship | |
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| Art, Worship, and Everyday Life | |
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| Icons, Art, and Everyday Life | |
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| Catholic Worship and Art | |
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| Protestant Aesthetics of Worship | |
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| The Mission of Art | |
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| The Power of Images | |
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| Orthodoxy: The World Creating Function of the Liturgy | |
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| The Fourfold Interpretation of Icons | |
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| Symbols and Sacramentals in Catholic Worship | |
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| Protestants and Pictures | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Shape of Christian Religious Traditions | |
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| Worship and American Culture | |
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| Worship Traditions and Ecumenical Prospects | |
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| The Persistence of Imaginative Traditions | |
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| Traditions and the Contingency of Reception | |
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| Worship and the Arts, One More Time | |
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| Appendix | |
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| List of Participating Churches | |
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| Interview Protocol for Congregants | |
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| Protocol for Leaders of Congregations | |
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| Bibliography | |