Making and Breaking the Gods: Christian Responses to Pagan Sculpture in Late Antiquity

By Troels Myrup Christensen and Troels Myrup Kristensen

The basic premise of the book at hand is that there is meaning to be 'excavated' (in both meanings of the word) from Christian responses to pagan sculpture in the period from the fourth to the sixth century. More than mindless acts of religious violence by fanatical mobs, these responses are revelatory of contemporary conceptions of

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8771240896
• ISBN13: 9788771240894
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Aarhus University Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.8" x 9.5"