Called to Attraction : an Introduction to the Theology of Beauty.

Sammon, Brendan Thomas.

Called to Attraction : an Introduction to the Theology of Beauty. - Eugene : Wipf and Stock Publishers, (c)2017. - 1 online resource (170 pages). - Cascade Companions ; v. 38 .

Includes bibliographies and index.

What if there is more to beauty than meets the eye? What if beauty named more than the human response to a thing's appearance, but instead named the very presence of God in the world? And what if beauty provided a power enabling human beings to think in novel and creative ways, to see with new eyes? This book explores the various ways in which the Christian theological tradition has provided responses to these questions. Taking its starting point from the view that beauty is above all a divine name, this book explores the consequences that such a starting point has not only for the human exper.



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God--Beauty.
God--Name.
Aesthetics--Religious aspects--Christianity.


Electronic Books.

BR115 / .C355 2017