Thresholds of the Sacred
Thresholds of the Sacred

Author: Sharon E. J. Gerstel

Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9780884023111

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This collection of essays considers the development and meaning of the iconostasis, the screen used in churches to separate the sanctuary from the nave. The contributors approach the history of the icon screen from a variety of disciplines, including art history, theology, and architecture.

Sacred Threshold
Sacred Threshold

Author: Paula D'Arcy

Publisher: Crossroad Publishing

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780824524654

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D'Arcy takes readers on a journey of the inner world of love through stories of remarkable people. (Motivation)

Sacred Thresholds: The Door to the Sanctuary in Late Antiquity
Sacred Thresholds: The Door to the Sanctuary in Late Antiquity

Author: Emilie M. van Opstall

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2018-07-10

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 9004369007

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Sacred Thresholds. The Door to the Sanctuary in Late Antiquity offers a far-reaching account of boundaries within pagan and Christian sanctuaries: gateways in a precinct, outer doors of a temple or church, inner doors of a cella. The study of these liminal spaces within Late Antiquity – itself a key period of transition during the spread of Christianity, when cultural paradigms were redefined – demands an approach that is both interdisciplinary and diachronic. Emilie van Opstall brings together both upcoming and noted scholars of Greek and Latin literature and epigraphy, archaeology, art history, philosophy, and religion to discuss the experience of those who crossed from the worldly to the divine, both physically and symbolically. What did this passage from the profane to the sacred mean to them, on a sensory, emotive and intellectual level? Who was excluded, and who was admitted? The articles each offer a unique perspective on pagan and Christian sanctuary doors in the Late Antique Mediterranean.

To Pause at the Threshold
To Pause at the Threshold

Author: Esther de Waal

Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2004-07-01

Total Pages: 111

ISBN-13: 0819225835

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"A threshold is a sacred thing," goes the traditional saying of ancient wisdom. In some corners of the earth, in some traditional cultures, and in monastic life, this is still remembered. But in our fast-paced modern world, this wisdom is often lost on us. It is important for us to remember the significance of the threshold. While it is certainly true that thresholds mark the end of one thing and the beginning of another, they also act as borders-the places in between, the points of transition. These can be physical, such as the geographical borders of a country; others, such as the spiritual border between the inner and outer world-between ourselves and others-are intangible. In To Pause at the Threshold, Esther de Waal looks at what it is like to live in actual "border country," the Welsh countryside with its "slower rhythms" and "earth-linked textures," and explores the importance of opening up and being receptive to one's surroundings, whatever they may be.

Sacred Threshold
Sacred Threshold

Author: Gertrud Mueller Nelson

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13:

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Rituals and readings for a wedding with spirit.