Introduction : the social context of the Baroque period: the beginnings of modernity -- The theoretical mediation : the cross in Roman Catholic theology -- The aesthetic mediation : the cross in Baroque Catholic art -- The passion in Catholic music -- The theological mediation : Baroque Lutheran and Reformed theology of the cross -- The aesthetic mediation : the cross in Protestant art -- The aesthetic mediation : Protestant passion music -- Challenges to the classical paradigm of the cross and the emergence of a new paradigm of salvation -- Appendix 1: virtual museum -- Appendix 2: discography--music of the passion of the Baroque era.
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