LEADER 02998nam 22006014a 450 001 9910451233303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-315-24511-6 010 $a1-281-10439-6 010 $a9786611104399 010 $a0-7546-8447-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000415727 035 $a(EBL)438852 035 $a(OCoLC)427508898 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000234287 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11203012 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000234287 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10241331 035 $a(PQKB)11755620 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC438852 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL438852 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10211448 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL110439 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000415727 100 $a20060602d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRedeeming beauty$b[electronic resource] $esoundings in sacral aesthetics /$fAidan Nichols 210 $aAldershot, Hants ;$aBurlington, VT $cAshgate$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (164 p.) 225 1 $aAshgate studies in theology, imagination and the arts 300 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 311 $a0-7546-6001-X 311 $a0-7546-5895-3 327 $aCover; 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 sacre?; 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; M 327 $aNO; P; R; S; T; V; W; Z 330 $aRedeeming Beauty explores the richness of orthodox Christian tradition, both Western and Eastern, in matters of 'sacral aesthetics' - a term used to denote the foundations, production and experience of religiously relevant beauty. Aidan Nichols investigates five principal themes: the foundation of beauty in the natural order through divine creative action; explicitly 'evangelical' beauty as a quality of biblical revelation and notably at its climax in Christ; the legitimacy of making and venerating artworks; qualities of the self in relation to objective presentation of the religiously beautif 410 0$aAshgate studies in theology, imagination, and the arts. 606 $aAesthetics$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAesthetics$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 676 $a230 700 $aNichols$b Aidan$0868357 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451233303321 996 $aRedeeming beauty$92472193 997 $aUNINA