Liturgy and the beauty of the unknown : another place / David Torevell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Torevell, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Liturgy.

Catholic Church.

Liturgical movement--Catholic Church.

Liturgical movement.

Aesthetics--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Aesthetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 p.)

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book breaks new ground by suggesting that liturgy is the means par excellence by which an experience of beauty is communicated. Drawing from both secular and religious understandings, in particular the mystical and apophatic tradition, the book demonstrates how liturgy has the potential to achieve the one ultimately reliable form of beauty because its embodied components are able to reflect the disturbing beauty of the One to whom worship is always offered. Such components rely on understanding the aesthetic dynamics upon which liturgy relies.

Contents:

The movement of return

The movement of interiority

The movement in the image

The movement of desire

The movement towards silent mystery

The movement of aesthetics.

Notes:

First published 2007 by Ashgate Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-197) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-351-92183-5

1-315-25036-5

1-281-20840-X

9786611208400

0-7546-8679-5

9781315250366

OCLC:

505091785