ABSTRACT

This book explores the Liturgy as the manifestation by cultic signs of Christian revelation, the 'setting' of the Liturgy in terms of architectural space, iconography and music, and the poetic response which the revelation the Liturgy carries can produce. The conclusion offers a synthetic statement of the unity of religion, cosmology and art. Aidan Nichols makes the case for Christianity's capacity to inspire high culture - both in principle and through well-chosen historical examples which draw on the best in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Anglicanism.

part 1|46 pages

Explorations of the Liturgy

part 2|86 pages

The Setting of the Rites

chapter 4|22 pages

Architecture in the Church

chapter 5|34 pages

The Icon Revisited

chapter 6|12 pages

Paul Claudel on Sacred Art

chapter 7|16 pages

A Theological Perspective on Church Music

part 3|44 pages

Response to the Word

chapter 8|14 pages

Dante's Commedia and the Role of Friars

chapter 9|28 pages

Poetics in the Russian Diaspora

chapter |4 pages

Conclusion

By Way of an Ending: Religion, Science, Art