Disseminating Christian Beliefs Through Word and Image in Medieval Renaissance Times

The aim of this Special Issue Reprint was to explore some fundamental dimensions of the interaction between word and image in medieval and Renaissance Christianity. Topics of interest for this collection included, but were not limited to, the following:Interaction between words and images in medieval and Renaissance Christianity.Role of Christian images as a useful tool for teaching the theological message.Historical examples of interactions between Christian images and their doctrinal meanings.Various modes of embodiment of Christian beliefs in medieval and Renaissance images.New insights on doctrinal approaches to medieval and Renaissance Christian iconography.Empirical case studies to formulate new iconographic analyses.Interaction of Christian words and images with new methods of approach.Interdisciplinary insights into the questions addressed.Contribution of Christianity to medieval and Renaissance iconography.Christianity facing iconoclastic reactions.