
Beauty
A Theological Engagement with Gregory of Nyssa
Natalie Carnes(Author)
Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published on 13. November 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
282 pages
978-1-62564-584-5 (ISBN)
Description
Beauty engages fourth-century bishop Gregory of Nyssa to address beauty's place in theology and the broader world. With the recent resurgence of attention to beauty among theologians, questions still remain about what exactly beauty is, how it is perceived, and whether we should celebrate its return. If beauty fell out of favor because it was seen to distract from the weightier concerns of poverty and suffering--because it can even be a tool of oppression--why should we laud it now? Gregory's writings offer surprisingly rich and relevant reflections that can move contemporary conversations beyond current impasses and critiques of beauty. Drawing Gregory into conversation with such disparate voices as novelist J. M. Coetzee and art theorist Kaja Silverman, Beauty displays the importance of beauty to theology and theology to beauty in a discussion that bridges ancient and modern, practical and theoretical, secular and religious.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Eugene
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
471 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62564-584-5 (9781625645845)
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11/2014
Wipf and Stock Publishers
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Natalie Carnes is Assistant Professor of Theology at Baylor University, Waco, Texas.