The Portal of Beauty : Towards a Theology of Aesthetics
by
Bruno Forte
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0802832806
ISBN-13
9780802832801
Publisher
William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
Imprint
William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 15th, 2008
Print length
121 Pages
Weight
204 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.20 x 1.30 cms
Product Classification:
Christian theologyChristianity
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A famous Italian theologian's eloquent reflections on beauty and God.
"Beauty is an event: it happens when the Whole, the All, offers itself to us in the fragment, when the Infinite makes itself little." This is how Bruno Forte describes the long-held Christian tradition that traces beauty back to God and sees God as the source of all beauty. But, he questions, is this really possible? How can the limitless inhabit what is little? In The Portal of Beauty Forte examines the deep, though not always obvious, contribution of theological thought -- from the minds of such luminaries as Augustine, Aquinas, Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, Balthasar, and Evdokimov -- to the understanding and experience of beauty.
"Beauty is an event: it happens when the Whole, the All, offers itself to us in the fragment, when the Infinite makes itself little." This is how Bruno Forte describes the long-held Christian tradition that traces beauty back to God and sees God as the source of all beauty. But, he questions, is this really possible? How can the limitless inhabit what is little? In The Portal of Beauty Forte examines the deep, though not always obvious, contribution of theological thought -- from the minds of such luminaries as Augustine, Aquinas, Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, Balthasar, and Evdokimov -- to the understanding and experience of beauty.
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