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Icoana care ucide
The icon which kills

Author(s): Grigore-Toma Someşan
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Asociaţiunea Transilvană pentru Literatura Română şi Cultura Poporului Român - ASTRA
Keywords: kitsch; Leonid Uspensky; idol; icon

Summary/Abstract: This article is a theological analyze of the importance of the icons and of the danger represented by the kitsch. The author uses works of great writers like Joseph Ratzinger, Leonid Uspensky, Boris Bobrinskoy, Ioan Bizău or Nikolay Tarabukin to sustain hes ideas and proposals. The material is a real signal for the christians of today, which are called to resist in front of the asalt of kitsch.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 67-80
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Romanian