Robin M Jensen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3623909 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robin M Jensen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robin M |
| FAMILY NAME | Jensen |
| SIGNATURE | JENSEN R M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vanderbilt University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The effect of temporal context on memory for art
Although considerable research has been done on memory for temporal information, as well as on the relationship between context and cognition, not much is known about the influence of temporal context on memory formation and retention. In this study, given that our sample comes from a largely Roman Catholic population, we used religious practices that occur throughout the calendar year to operationalize temporal context into two religious seasons…
The Oxford Handbook of Religious Space
Early Christian Visual Art as Biblical Interpretation
Comparing textual and visual interpretations of biblical narratives is complicated insofar as the two modes address distinct intellectual activities: reading and viewing. Although early Christian art often presents scenes and characters from Scripture, it represents much more than literal illustration of its source texts. Art necessarily amplifies details, provides expanded context, and places the figures within a larger compositional framework, …
Ritual and Early Christian Art
Extant examples of early Christian art allow scholars to evaluate the relationship between ceremonial actions and the decor of the physical environment in which they transpired. Wall paintings in tomb chambers, relief carvings on sarcophagi, floor and wall mosaics, and other embellished objects were not simply didactic or indiscriminate decorative schemes, they depicted, enhanced, and interpreted the activities that were enacted in their presence…
The Cross
The cross stirs intense feelings among Christians and non-Christians alike. Robin Jensen takes readers on an intellectual and spiritual journey through the 2,000-year evolution of the cross as idea and artifact, illuminating the controversies and forms of devotion this central symbol of Christianity inspires
Aniconism in the first centuries of Christianity
Scholars generally agree that Christian iconography emerged only in the 3rd century. The absence of earlier, unambiguously Christian artifacts led many scholars to characterize Christians as initially aniconic largely in deference to biblical prohibitions of graven images and to regard the pictorial art’s emergence as a departure from the church’s original disapproval. This essay argues that classical philosophical arguments were even more influe…
The Apocryphal Mary in Early Christian Art
Early Christian visual representations of the Virgin Mary include episodes from the apocryphal Protevangelium of James and Pseudo-Matthewand constitute some of the earliest known artistic depictions of any apocryphal texts. These stories’ emergence in early Christian art appears to be associated with the rise of the Virgin’s cult following her official declaration as Mother of God at the Council of Ephesus (431). Certain details from fifth-centur…
Reconsidering the Ancient Algerian Basilica of Chlef and its Mosaics
An early Christian basilica, discovered in the Algerian city of Al-Asnam and excavated and studied from the mid-nineteenth century until most of its remains were wither covered or lost by the last quarter of the twentieth century, provides some important evidence for the practice of Christianity in Mauretania Caesariensis in the fifth century. Among this evidence is a dedicatory inscription referring to the church’s foundation; a shrine to a loca…
Visual Narratives, Picturing the Text
Christianity in Roman Africa
Introduction No one knows exactly how or when Christianity arrived in Africa, and its demise under the Arabs is equally difficult to comprehend. While Christianity in other regions (for example, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Syria) survived under Muslim rule, African Christianity virtually disappeared within a century of the Arab conquest. A history of successive conquests or domination by authorities who demanded religious conformity from the resident po…
Refrigeria , Christian
Early Christians believed that, after death, the soul would wait in repose until the general resurrection at the end of the age.
Baptismal Practices at North African Martyrs’ Shrines
The Arts in Protestant Worship
In spite of a history of iconoclasm and theological reservations about the place of arts (especially the visual arts) in Protestant worship, we have witnessed in recent years an increasing interest in and even demand for the incorporation of art in liturgy. However, since congregational leaders and worship planners need to do more than respond to needs or (worse yet) current trends, this article offers theological reflection on the positive role …
Aniconism in the first centuries of Christianity
Scholars generally agree that Christian iconography emerged only in the 3rd century. The absence of earlier, unambiguously Christian artifacts led many scholars to characterize Christians as initially aniconic largely in deference to biblical prohibitions of graven images and to regard the pictorial art’s emergence as a departure from the church’s original disapproval. This essay argues that classical philosophical arguments were even more influe…
The Arts in Protestant Worship
In spite of a history of iconoclasm and theological reservations about the place of arts (especially the visual arts) in Protestant worship, we have witnessed in recent years an increasing interest in and even demand for the incorporation of art in liturgy. However, since congregational leaders and worship planners need to do more than respond to needs or (worse yet) current trends, this article offers theological reflection on the positive role …
Baptismal Practices at North African Martyrs’ Shrines
Refrigeria , Christian
Early Christians believed that, after death, the soul would wait in repose until the general resurrection at the end of the age.
Christianity in Roman Africa
Introduction No one knows exactly how or when Christianity arrived in Africa, and its demise under the Arabs is equally difficult to comprehend. While Christianity in other regions (for example, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Syria) survived under Muslim rule, African Christianity virtually disappeared within a century of the Arab conquest. A history of successive conquests or domination by authorities who demanded religious conformity from the resident po…
Reconsidering the Ancient Algerian Basilica of Chlef and its Mosaics
An early Christian basilica, discovered in the Algerian city of Al-Asnam and excavated and studied from the mid-nineteenth century until most of its remains were wither covered or lost by the last quarter of the twentieth century, provides some important evidence for the practice of Christianity in Mauretania Caesariensis in the fifth century. Among this evidence is a dedicatory inscription referring to the church’s foundation; a shrine to a loca…
Visual Narratives, Picturing the Text
The Apocryphal Mary in Early Christian Art
Early Christian visual representations of the Virgin Mary include episodes from the apocryphal Protevangelium of James and Pseudo-Matthewand constitute some of the earliest known artistic depictions of any apocryphal texts. These stories’ emergence in early Christian art appears to be associated with the rise of the Virgin’s cult following her official declaration as Mother of God at the Council of Ephesus (431). Certain details from fifth-centur…
The Cross
The cross stirs intense feelings among Christians and non-Christians alike. Robin Jensen takes readers on an intellectual and spiritual journey through the 2,000-year evolution of the cross as idea and artifact, illuminating the controversies and forms of devotion this central symbol of Christianity inspires
Aniconism in the first centuries of Christianity
Scholars generally agree that Christian iconography emerged only in the 3rd century. The absence of earlier, unambiguously Christian artifacts led many scholars to characterize Christians as initially aniconic largely in deference to biblical prohibitions of graven images and to regard the pictorial art’s emergence as a departure from the church’s original disapproval. This essay argues that classical philosophical arguments were even more influe…
Ritual and Early Christian Art
Extant examples of early Christian art allow scholars to evaluate the relationship between ceremonial actions and the decor of the physical environment in which they transpired. Wall paintings in tomb chambers, relief carvings on sarcophagi, floor and wall mosaics, and other embellished objects were not simply didactic or indiscriminate decorative schemes, they depicted, enhanced, and interpreted the activities that were enacted in their presence…
Early Christian Visual Art as Biblical Interpretation
Comparing textual and visual interpretations of biblical narratives is complicated insofar as the two modes address distinct intellectual activities: reading and viewing. Although early Christian art often presents scenes and characters from Scripture, it represents much more than literal illustration of its source texts. Art necessarily amplifies details, provides expanded context, and places the figures within a larger compositional framework, …
The effect of temporal context on memory for art
Although considerable research has been done on memory for temporal information, as well as on the relationship between context and cognition, not much is known about the influence of temporal context on memory formation and retention. In this study, given that our sample comes from a largely Roman Catholic population, we used religious practices that occur throughout the calendar year to operationalize temporal context into two religious seasons…
The Oxford Handbook of Religious Space
Philosophy (9 works) · Art (7 works) · History (7 works) · Theology (5 works) · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Art history (3 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (3 works)