Naslov
Idolatry: Reflections on Visual Permission and Prohibition in Islam and Christianity

Autori
Munk, Ana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Art and Politics in the Modern Period: Conference Proceedings / Damjanović, Dragan ; Magaš Bilandžić, Lovorka ; Miklošević, Željka ; Walton, Jeremy F. - Zagreb, 2019, 171-184

ISBN
978-953-175-643-3

Skup
Art and Politics in Europe in the Modern Period

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 29.06.2016. - 02.07.2016

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
idolatry, IS, radical Islam, Christianity, tolerance, monument destruction

Sažetak
Islamic militants in Afhanistan declerad war on idols, defined as "all statues and shrines of infidels". Mostly explained as a political issue, the destruction of monuments (identified as idols) by Islamists is not viewed as a revival of an anachronistic ban on idolatry largely due to the fact that western audiences no longer recognize conceptions of idolatry, aniconism and iconoclasm as a valid or even possible cause of sustained political action. This paper claims that while the ban on idolatry persisted in all three main monotheistic religions, idol tolerance in practice had an asymmetrical development with consequences for the social lives of citizens today. The paper establishes the relevance of idolatry as a confirmed discursive tradition in monotheism and studies its reflections in the modern day Islamic world.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Povijest, Povijest umjetnosti, Religijske znanosti (interdisciplinarno polje)

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