Theological Perspectives On God And Beauty
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Author | : Graham Ward |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 97 |
Release | : 2003-08-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1563384140 |
Eminent theologians John Milbank, Graham Ward, and Edith Wyschogrod discuss aesthetics, placing radical orthodoxy in dialogue with postmodern theology.
Author | : Jonathan King |
Publisher | : Lexham Press |
Total Pages | : 452 |
Release | : 2018-05-30 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1683590597 |
Why is God's beauty often absent from our theology? Rarely do theologians take up the theme of God's beauty—even more rarely do they consider how God's beauty should shape the task of theology itself. But the psalmist says that the heart of the believer's desire is to behold the beauty of the Lord. In The Beauty of the Lord, Jonathan King restores aesthetics as not merely a valid lens for theological reflection, but an essential one. Jesus, our incarnate Redeemer, displays the Triune God's beauty in his actions and person, from creation to final consummation. How can and should theology better reflect this unveiled beauty? The Beauty of the Lord is a renewal of a truly aesthetic theology and a properly theological aesthetics.
Author | : John Milbank |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 97 |
Release | : 2003-08-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0567435350 |
This newest Rockwell Lecture Series volume features three of the most prominent theologians on the scene today. Milbank and Ward are the leaders of a new theological movement called "Radical Orthodoxy," while Wyschogrod is one of our premier postmodernist theologians. Here Milbank argues that a defense of beauty involves a defense of reciprocity, for beauty involves a mediation between the visible and the invisible. In addition, he uses this understanding of beauty to explore the relationship between beauty and the soul, which he defends against the postmodern view of the fragmented self. Ward examines the relationship between beauty and God by exploring the theology of eighth-century theologian John Damascene. Wyschogrod contends that the relationship of aesthetic and theology moves between naivete and nihilism. She argues that theology can gain from its study of aesthetics if we understand artwork as a system of traces, each nested inside the other; the trace is the mark that the sacred has disrupted or passed through the beautiful. John Milbank is the Frances Myers Ball Professor of Philosophical Theology at the University of Virginia. Graham Ward is Professor of Contextual Theology at the University of Manchester. Edith Wyschogrod is J. Newton Rayzor Professor of Philosophy and Religious Thought Emerita at Rice University.
Author | : Daniel J. Treier |
Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2007-05-18 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0830828435 |
Editors Mark Husbands, Roger Lundin and Daniel J. Treier present ten essays that explore a Christian approach to beauty and the arts. The visual arts, music and literature are considered as well as the theological meaning and place of the arts in a fallen world redeemed by Christ.
Author | : Mark C. Mattes |
Publisher | : Baker Academic |
Total Pages | : 349 |
Release | : 2017-08-22 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 149341030X |
Many contemporary theologians seek to retrieve the concept of beauty as a way for people to encounter God. This groundbreaking book argues that while Martin Luther's view of beauty has often been ignored or underappreciated, it has much to contribute to that quest. Mark Mattes, one of today's leading Lutheran theologians, analyzes Luther's theological aesthetics and discusses its implications for music, art, and the contemplative life. Mattes shows that for Luther, the cross is the lens through which the beauty of God is refracted into the world.
Author | : Jo Ann Davidson |
Publisher | : University Press of America |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780761839477 |
Over the centuries, theological studies have grappled with the comprehension of Truth and Goodness. However, theology, unlike philosophy, has neglected serious scrutiny of the study of Beauty or Aesthetics. Jo Ann Davidson's Toward a Theology of Beauty investigates this omission. Why should aesthetic dimensions be ignored in theology's quest for ultimate truth? Davidson convincingly states that these would contribute to the ongoing search for a more comprehensive perception of the divine. This book contends that theology is incomplete and impoverished without fundamental deliberations within aesthetic values. A survey of the literature up to the present currently reveals that theological studies, by and large, do not yet realize the extent to which it might be enriched by the biblical aesthetic. God's own nature, His Word in both Testaments including narratives, poetry, literary structures, and vocabulary are all embedded in aesthetic expressions. A systematic study of the biblical aesthetic is one that calls for attention and this book offers a solid and thought-provoking beginning.
Author | : Alan P. R. Gregory |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Christianity and literature |
ISBN | : 9781602584624 |
Explores the sublime in Christian theology and science fiction.
Author | : Rachel Jones |
Publisher | : The Good Book Company |
Total Pages | : 118 |
Release | : 2021-05-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1784986224 |
What does the Bible say about periods? The average woman has 500 periods in her lifetime. And whether yours are mildly annoying, utterly debilitating or emotionally complicated, most of us have at one time or another asked: Why?! This warm, light-hearted, real, honest and at times surprising book gives a biblical perspective on menstruation, as well as a whole lot more. Beginning with periods, Rachel Jones takes readers on an adventure in theology, weaving together wide-ranging reflections on the nature of our bodies, the passing of time, the purpose of pain, and the meaning of life. One thing is for sure: you’ve never read a Christian book quite like this one. Whether you’re in need of hope and help, or are just downright curious, you’ll be refreshed and encouraged by this book. As Rachel puts it, “Whoever you are, my aim is that you reach the end of this book celebrating who God has made you, how God has saved you, and the fact that he speaks liberating and positive truth into all of life’s experiences (even periods)”.
Author | : Edward Farley |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 145 |
Release | : 2020-04-14 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1351937367 |
'Aesthetics' and 'theological aesthetics' usually imply a focus on questions about the arts and how faith or religion relates to the arts; only the final pages of this work take up that problem. The central theme of this book is that of beauty. Farley employs a new typology of western texts on beauty and a theological analysis of the image of God and redemption to counter the centuries-long tendency to ignore or marginalize beauty and the aesthetic as part of the life of faith. Studying the interpretation of beauty in ancient Greece, eighteenth-century England, the work of Jonathan Edwards, and nineteenth and twentieth-century philosophies of human self-transcendence, the author explores whether Christian existence, the life of faith, and the ethical exclude or require an aesthetic dimension in the sense of beauty. The work will be of particular interest to those interested in Christian theology, ethics, and religion and the arts.
Author | : Patrick Sherry |
Publisher | : SCM Press |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : |
This text discusses what both the early Fathers and later writers such as Calvin and Sergius Bulgakov said about the association of beauty, both in nature and art, with the Holy Spirit. It also considers topics such as divine glory, inspiration and the eschatological character of beauty.