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

• Autore: Brown Frank Burch <1948->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000
• Descrizione fisica: xx, 312 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 246
• Soggetto topico: Christianity and the arts; Aesthetics - Religious aspects - Christianity
• 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Good taste, bad taste, and Christian taste
• Titolo autorizzato: Good taste, bad taste, & Christian taste
• ISBN: 0195343964; 9780195343960
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821897603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II