Presence and Power: Reflections on the Politics and Theology of Icons
Contextualized by the use of icons during the current war in Ukraine, the paper finds a point of orientation in the veneration of the icon of Our Lady of Smolensk by the Russian army on the eve of the Battle ofBorodino, as portrayed by Tolstoy. Is this turning the icon into a battle-flag? The use of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Bloms Boktryckeri
2023
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Svensk teologisk kvartalskrift
Year: 2023, Volume: 99, Issue: 1, Pages: 73-84 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Iconography
/ Female saint
/ War
/ Abuse
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| IxTheo Classification: | CE Christian art CG Christianity and Politics KCD Hagiography; saints NCD Political ethics |
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