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Praying with the Icons
Item No: 150:1570751129
Category: 81
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Author: Jim Forest
ISBN 1570751129
Publisher: Orbis Books, New York, 1997
Size: 150 x 235 mm (6 x 9.25 in.); 171 pages, Paperback.
Fascinating and beautiful, Praying with Icons offers a simple introduction to the tradition of icons with special emphasis on their function in spiritual life. Beginning with a history of iconography, author Jim Forest shows how icons are not "art" in the usual sense, but aids to contemplation and prayer, windows on the divine. He provides a personal and practical guide to how one prays with icons. Finally, he offers meditative reflections on some of the most typical icons -- the Annunciation, the Nativity, Christ's Baptism, the Transfiguration, the Descent of the Holy Spirit -- providing an iconographic journey through the Gospel mystery and the liturgical year.
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