Icons and Divine Encounters

Icons provide depictions of God or encounters with the divine that enable reflection and prayer.

Exploring the Value of Icons

In the Beginning is the Icon explores the value of these images for a theology of liberation.

Interdisciplinary Approach

Iconology, art theory, philosophical aesthetics, art history and anthropology are integrated with rigorous theological reflection to argue that the creation and observation of pictures can have a liberating effect on humanity.

Cross-Cultural Perspectives

In presenting art from across the world, In the Beginning is the Icon reflects the ethnocentricity of both art and religious studies and offers a new cross-cultural approach to the theology of art.