Is God invisible?: an essay on religion and aesthetics
"The book promotes aesthetic personalism in addressing three domains of aesthetics - the philosophy of beauty, aesthetic experience, and philosophy of art - through the lens of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, theistic Hinduism, and the all-seeing Compassionate Buddha. These religious traditions p...
| Autores principales: | ; |
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| Tipo de documento: | Print Libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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| Publicado: |
Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY, USA
Cambridge University Press
2021
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| En: | Año: 2021 |
| Colección / Revista: | Cambridge studies in religion, philosophy, and society
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| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
Invisibilité
/ Attribut de Dieu
B Esthétique / Perception / Connaissance de Dieu / Théorie théologique de la connaissance |
| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | AB Filosofía de la religión |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Aesthetics
Religious aspects
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| Sumario: | "The book promotes aesthetic personalism in addressing three domains of aesthetics - the philosophy of beauty, aesthetic experience, and philosophy of art - through the lens of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, theistic Hinduism, and the all-seeing Compassionate Buddha. These religious traditions provide an inclusive, overarching God's eye or ideal point of view that can create an emancipatory appreciation of beauty and goodness, a recognition of the reality and value of the aesthetic experience of persons, and deepen the experience of artworks. The invisibility of persons and God are contrasted. The traditional belief that God or the sacred is invisible does not mean God or the sacred cannot be experienced through visual and other sensory or unique modes. The assumption that human persons are thoroughly visible or observable in all respects to we non-ideal observers ignores the ways in which racism and other forms of bias render persons invisible to others"-- |
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| Notas: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1108470742 |