Richard Viladesau Boeken

In this volume Richard Viladesau seeks to understand the beauty of the cross as it developed in both theology and art from their beginnings until the eve of the renaissance.

The exploration of the interplay between art and theology is central to this book, highlighting how music, pictorial art, and rhetoric contribute to both pastoral practices and systematic theological reflection. The author argues that art should be acknowledged as a legitimate theological text, examining its role in liturgical music, sacred art, and preaching. This work delves into the transformative relationship between artistic expression and theological understanding, offering a unique perspective on their mutual influence.

In the fourth volume of his popular series, veteran pastor and educator Richard Viladesau has written a collection of homilies for the seasons of Christmas and Easter. These two seasons "pose particular difficulties for the preacher because these feasts―especially Christmas―have been adopted into our culture in a secularized form that has little to do with their original religious meaning," contends Viladesau. In addition to homilies for the Christmas and Easter seasons, there are homiletic reflections on the Christian significance of birth marriage and deaths. The homilies, of three to four pages in length, make an engaging connection between Christian faith and contemporary existence in a secularized world. As he has done in his previous volume Viladesau offers a invaluable resource for preachers, who will find in his work food for thought and inspiration for the construction of their own homilies. Lay persons will appreciate as well the author's intellectually honest reflection on faith issues. †