Theology, aesthetics, and culture : responses to the work of David Brown / edited by Robert Macswain and Taylor Worley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

MacSwain, Robert.

Worley, Taylor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brown, David, 1948 July 1-.

Brown, David.

Christianity and culture.

Christian life--Biblical teaching.

Christian life.

Christian life--History.

Bible and tradition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

British theologian David Brown has published a series of five books on theology and the arts. This volume is a collection of responses to this body of work, and includes essays by prominent philosophers, theologians, biblical, and literary scholars. Together they provide a fresh treatment of theology, aesthetics and popular culture.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Contributors; List of Plates and Permissions; Introduction: Theology, Aesthetics, and Culture; TRADITION AND IMAGINATION: REVELATION AND CHANGE; 1. Scripture, Tradition, and Revelation: An Appreciative Critique of David Brown; 2. Revelation, Christ, and Fundamental Theology: David Brown and Karl Rahner in Dialogue; 3. The Resurrection of Body: Re-imagining Human Personhood in Christian Tradition; DISCIPLESHIP AND IMAGINATION: CHRISTIAN TRADITION AND TRUTH; 4. Saints Before and After Death

5. From Ethics to Eschatology: The Continuing Validity of the New Eve for Christian Doctrine and Discipleship6. Revelation Imagined: Fiction, Truth, and Transformation; GOD AND ENCHANTMENT OF PLACE: RECLAIMING HUMAN EXPERIENCE; 7. Enchantment and Transcendence: David Brown on Art and Architecture; 8. Transcending Place and Time: A Response to David Brown on Enchantment, Epistemology, and Experience; 9. Re-enchanting the World: The Possibility of Materially-Mediated Religious Experience; GOD AND GRACE OF BODY: SACRAMENT IN ORDINARY; 10. 'I am the Dance': Towards an Earthed Christianity

11. Openness and Specificity: A Conversation with David Brown on Theology and Classical Music12. Infinite Hospitality and the Redemption of Kitsch; 13. Were We Ever Secular? Interrogating David Brown on Gospel, Blues, and Pop Music; 14. What if David Brown Had Owned a Television?; 15. After Ascension: The Body of Christ, Kenosis, and Divine Impassibility; GOD AND MYSTERY IN WORDS: EXPERIENCE THROUGH METAPHOR AND DRAMA; 16. 'A sensibility for the infinite': Metaphor, Symbol, Form, and the Sublime; 17. Lectio Divina?; 18. The Density of Divine Address: Liturgy, Drama, and Human Transformation

19. The Liturgical Body and the Gift of PresenceResponse: Experience, Symbol, and Revelation: Continuing the Conversation; Postscript: On Theology's 'Ekphrastic Mode'; Appendix: Selected Reviews; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-161207-3

1-283-63955-6

OCLC:

922971348