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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821897603321

Autore

Brown Frank Burch <1948->

Titolo

Good taste, bad taste, & Christian taste [[electronic resource] ] : aesthetics in religious life / / Frank Burch Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000

ISBN

0195343964

9780195343960

Descrizione fisica

xx, 312 p. : ill

Disciplina

246

Soggetti

Christianity and the arts

Aesthetics - Religious aspects - Christianity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-300) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Prologue: Religious Taste -- One: Good Taste, Bad Taste, and Christian Taste -- Two: Art in Christian Traditions -- Three: From the Love of Religion to the Love of Art -- Four: The Taste for Art and the Thirst for God -- Five: Kitsch, Sacred and Profane: The Question of Quality -- Six: Ecumenical Taste: The Case of Music -- Seven: Making Sacred Places, and Making Places Sacred -- Eight: Styles and Stages of Faith and Art I: The Next Stage -- Nine: Styles and Stages of Faith and Art II: Practicing Christianity Artfully -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

Christians often disagree with themselves and others over such matters as music, popular culture and worship style. Yet they usually lack theology of art or taste to deal with aesthetic disputes. This provocative book offers an "ecumenical" approach to artistic taste and aesthetic judgement.