Windows to Heaven: Introducing Icons to Protestants and Catholics

Publication Data: Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2005
Format: softcover
Number of Pages: 142
Dimensions (l × w × h): 21.6 cm × 14.0 cm × 1.0 cm
Additional Information: full-color illustrations
ISBN: 1‒58743‒109‒2

   
Elizabeth Zelensky & Lela Gilbert

“An understanding of Orthodox Christianity is essential to the contemplation of icons, which continue to aid millions of contemporary Christians from Ethiopia to Russia, from Argentina to Alaska, to bridge the abyss between the material and the spiritual worlds. At the heart of this book are two questions: How is this possible? And what can icons teach non-Orthodox Christians in their quest for peace and self-understanding? Our purpose in writing is to introduce our readers to the world of spirituality expressed in icons.”
—“Introduction: Seeing and Believing”

CONTENTS

   Introduction: Seeing and Believing
1. Salvation in Words and Images
2. Andrei Rublev’s Icon of the Holy Trinity
3. The Vladimir Theotokos
4. Theophanes’ Transfiguration of Christ
5. The Dormition of the Virgin
6. The Sinai Pantocrator
7. The Church: Where God Dwells among Men
   Epilogue