Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. The texts. The passion of Christ in the letters of Paul / Jouette Bassler -- Synoptic passions / Oliver Larry Yarbrough -- It is accomplished! : the passion in the gospel of John / David Rensberger -- Part II. Liturgy and music. The passion in Christian liturgy / Robert Atwell -- Musical settings of the passion texts / Andrew Shenton -- Part III. Literature. The passion in American literature / John McWilliams -- Dostoevsky's fiery "furnace of doubt" / Michael R. Katz -- Frodo and the passion in J.R.R. Tolkien's The lord of the rings / Matthew Dickerson -- Part IV. Images. The Alexamenos Graffito : street art in ancient Rome / Oliver Larry Yarbrough -- Engaging the Lothar cross / Eliza Garrison -- Albrecht D�urer's The kiss of Judas or "der heyligen schryfft studiren" / Christopher Kent Wilson -- Titian's Noli me tangere / Katherine Smith Abbott and Elizabeth Oyler -- Manet's Dead Christ with angels / John Hunisak -- Marc Chagall's Jewish Jesus / Margaret O'Brien Steinfels -- Can you feel me? : the passion in the public art ministries of Damon Lamar Reed / Kymberly Pinder -- Banksy's Christmas passion / Emmie Donadio -- Dying for our sins : Jesus' passion on the silver screen / Adele Reinhartz -- Part V. Other traditions. On pesach and pascha : Jews, Christians, and the passion / Jeremy Cohen -- The death of Jesus in Islam : reality, assumptions, and implications / Suleiman A. Mourad -- Part VI. Ethics and theology. Theological themes in the passion / Katherine Sonderegger -- Self-giving, nonviolence, peacemaking : an approach to Catholic moral life and Christ's passion / William Werpehowski.