02998nam 22006014a 450 991045123330332120200520144314.01-315-24511-61-281-10439-697866111043990-7546-8447-4(CKB)1000000000415727(EBL)438852(OCoLC)427508898(SSID)ssj0000234287(PQKBManifestationID)11203012(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000234287(PQKBWorkID)10241331(PQKB)11755620(MiAaPQ)EBC438852(Au-PeEL)EBL438852(CaPaEBR)ebr10211448(CaONFJC)MIL110439(EXLCZ)99100000000041572720060602d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRedeeming beauty[electronic resource] soundings in sacral aesthetics /Aidan NicholsAldershot, Hants ;Burlington, VT Ashgatec20071 online resource (164 p.)Ashgate studies in theology, imagination and the artsIncludes bibliographical references and index.0-7546-6001-X 0-7546-5895-3 Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; PART 1 Foundations, in Creation and Grace; 1 Aesthetics in Augustine and Aquinas; 2 The Origin and Crisis of Christian Art; PART 2 Twentieth-Century Theologians of the Image; 3 Hans Urs von Balthasar on Art as Redemptive Beauty; 4 Sergei Bulgakov on the Art of the Icon; 5 Benedict XVI on Holy Images; PART 3 The Difficulties of Practice; 6 The French Dominicans and the Journal L'Art sacré; 7 The English Uses of Maritain's Aesthetics: Eric Gill and David Jones; 8 Conclusion: Christ and the Muses; Index of Names; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; MNO; P; R; S; T; V; W; ZRedeeming Beauty explores the richness of orthodox Christian tradition, both Western and Eastern, in matters of 'sacral aesthetics' - a term used to denote the foundations, production and experience of religiously relevant beauty. Aidan Nichols investigates five principal themes: the foundation of beauty in the natural order through divine creative action; explicitly 'evangelical' beauty as a quality of biblical revelation and notably at its climax in Christ; the legitimacy of making and venerating artworks; qualities of the self in relation to objective presentation of the religiously beautifAshgate studies in theology, imagination, and the arts.AestheticsReligious aspectsChristianityElectronic books.AestheticsReligious aspectsChristianity.230Nichols Aidan868357MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451233303321Redeeming beauty2472193UNINA