Table of Contents

Foreword
Abbreviations
List of Illustrations
Introduction: The social context of the Baroque period: the beginnings of modernity

Part I: The survival of the classical paradigm of the cross in Roman Catholicism
Chapter 1: The theoretical mediation: the cross in Baroque Tridentine orthodoxy
Chapter 2: The aesthetic mediation: the cross in Baroque Catholic art
Chapter 3: The aesthetic mediation: the Passion in Catholic music

Part II: The cross in Protestant orthodoxy
Chapter 4: The theological mediation: Baroque Lutheran and reformed theology of the cross
Chapter 5: The aesthetic mediation: the cross in Protestant art
Chapter 6: The aesthetic mediation: Protestant Passion music

Part III: The challenge to the orthodox doctrine of redemption: the Enlightenment paradigm
Chapter 7: Challenges to the classical paradigm of the cross, and the emergence of a new paradigm of salvation

Envoi
Appendix 1: Virtual museum
Appendix 2: Discography of Passion music of the Baroque period
Bibliography
Index
Notes

About the Author

Richard Viladesau is Professor of Theology at Fordham University.