Hans Urs von Balthasar and the Phenomenology of Art
Broken Open by Beauty
Seiten
2022
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-4549-4 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-4549-4 (ISBN)
This book uncovers the theological aesthetics of Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905–1988), by sketching out a phenomenological approach to art and revelation, providing unexpected resources for a contemporary theology of art.
The work of the influential Jesuit theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905–1988) has become a common point of reference in discussing the relationship of theology and the arts. However, the full significance of his theological aesthetics for both the emerging field of theology and the arts, as well as for interdisciplinary conversation with contemporary art and theory, remains to be unfolded. This book explores the ways in which Balthasar's theo-aesthetics, when taken together with his theological dramatics and theo-logic, yield a theologically informed phenomenology of the work of art with rich implications for contemporary theologies of art. By investigating the nature and disclosure of beauty and being through art, Balthasar's theological re-reading of Heidegger, his theo-dramatic relation of all forms to Christ, and his phenomenology of truth, Balthasar's philosophical and theological insights into the nature of art are presented as a resource for a constructive theology of art which "springs" from the depths of his theological aesthetics.
The work of the influential Jesuit theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905–1988) has become a common point of reference in discussing the relationship of theology and the arts. However, the full significance of his theological aesthetics for both the emerging field of theology and the arts, as well as for interdisciplinary conversation with contemporary art and theory, remains to be unfolded. This book explores the ways in which Balthasar's theo-aesthetics, when taken together with his theological dramatics and theo-logic, yield a theologically informed phenomenology of the work of art with rich implications for contemporary theologies of art. By investigating the nature and disclosure of beauty and being through art, Balthasar's theological re-reading of Heidegger, his theo-dramatic relation of all forms to Christ, and his phenomenology of truth, Balthasar's philosophical and theological insights into the nature of art are presented as a resource for a constructive theology of art which "springs" from the depths of his theological aesthetics.
Brett David Potter is assistant professor of systematic theology at Huron University College in London, Ontario.
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Theology and Art
I: Miracle
II: Origin
III: Being
IV: Beauty and Wonder
V: Flesh
VI: Truth
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
| Erscheinungsdatum | 15.09.2022 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 158 x 237 mm |
| Gewicht | 517 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-7936-4549-3 / 1793645493 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-7936-4549-4 / 9781793645494 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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