Engaging The Passion

Introduction
Part I: The Texts
1. The Passion Of Christ In The Letters Of Paul-Jouette Bassler
2. Synoptic Passions-Oliver Larry Yarbrough
3. The Passion Of The Fourth Gospel-David R. Rensberger
Part II: Liturgy And Music
4. The Passion In Christian Liturgy-Robert Atwell
5. Musical Settings Of The Passion Texts-Andrew Shenton
Part III: Literature
6. The Passion In American Literature-John McWilliams
7. Dostoevsky’s Fiery “Furnace Of Doubt”-Michael R. Katz
8. Frodo And The Passion In J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord Of The Rings-Matt Dickerson
Part IV: Images
9. Images Of The Crucifixion In Early Rome-Oliver Larry Yarbrough
10. Engaging The Lothar Cross-Eliza Garrison
11. Albrecht Durer And The Kiss Of Death-Christopher Wilson
12. Titian’s Noli Me Tangere-Katy Abbott-Smith And Elizabeth Oyler
13. Manet’s Dead Christ With Angels-John Hunisak
14. Marc Chagall’s Jewish Jesus-Margaret Steinfels
15. Can You Feel Me?-Kymberly Pinder
16. Blanksy’s Christmas Passion-Emmie Donadio
17. Dying For Our Sins-Adele Reinhartz
Part V: Other Traditions
18. On Pesach And Pascha-Jeremy Cohen
19. The Death Of Jesus In Islam-Suleiman A. Mourad
Part VI: Ethics And Theology
20. Theological Themes In The Passion-Katherine Sonderegger
21. Self-Giving, Nonviolence, Peacemaking-William Werpehowski

Additional Info
Engaging the Passion gathers an impressive array of scholars to survey how the death of Jesus has been portrayed and represented in Scripture, liturgy and music, literature, art and film, and theology and ethics-from the first to the twenty-first centuries. The contributors approach the passion from a variety of perspectives-diversely Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and secular. Their voices differ as well, from the challenging to the comforting and from the academic to the confessional. They address the faithful, the skeptical, and the curious.