Saving Beauty: A Theological Aesthetics of Nature Contributor(s): Alexander, Kathryn B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1451472234 ISBN-13: 9781451472233 Publisher: Fortress Press OUR PRICE: $37.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - Systematic |
Dewey: 261.88 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.55 lbs) 192 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Kathryn B. Alexander argues that natural beauty is a source of religious insight into the need and way of salvation, and this project develops a theological aesthetics of nature and beauty with an aim toward cultivating a theological and ethical framework for redeemed life as participation in ecological community. With interdisciplinary verve, engaging systematic, philosophical, and art theory systems of aesthetics, the volume fosters the cultivation of the sense of beauty through creative, religious, and sacramental experience. All three types, in fact, are critically necessary, as the author argues, in eliciting hope for ecological redemption. This volume makes a vital contribution to the systematic and philosophical framework for ecological theology, aesthetics, and theological ethics. |