RT Article
T1 Aesthetic experience and spiritual well-being: locating the role of theological commitments
JF International journal of philosophy and theology
VO 79
IS 4
SP 397
OP 409
A1 Wynn, Mark 1963-
LA English
PB Taylor & Francis
YR 2018
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1583720782
AB I discuss three accounts of the spiritual significance of aesthetic experience. Two of these perspectives I have taken from the recent literature in theological aesthetics, and the third I have constructed, building on Thomas Aquinas's conception of the goods of the infused moral virtues. This broadly Thomistic approach occupies, I argue, a middle ground between the other two, on account of its distinctive understanding of the role of theological context in defining spiritually significant goods. These perspectives are not mutually exclusive, but they do present rather different conceptions of the ways in which aesthetic goods can contribute to spiritual well-being, and provide a focus for religious practice.
K1 Aquinas
K1 Spiritual Life
K1 Aesthetics
K1 infused moral virtue
K1 Theology
K1 Well-being
DO 10.1080/21692327.2018.1475250