Grounded in the foundational writings of Hans Urs von Balthasar, this book explores the ability of beauty to introduce components of prayer, joy, and spirituality into our lives today.
This volume traces how theologies and the arts of the Baroque period stressed Christ's death on the cross as the means of salvation, and invited believers to an emotional response that binds them to Christ's saving act.
The Baroque period was in some senses the beginning of modern Western scientific and intellectual culture, the early budding of the Enlightenment. In the light of a new scientific and historical consciousness, it saw the rise of deism and the critique of traditional forms of Chr…
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…
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…
