Good taste, bad taste, & Christian taste : aesthetics in religious life / Frank Burch Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Frank Burch, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and the arts.

Aesthetics--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Physical Description:

xx, 312 p. : ill.

Other Title:

Good taste, bad taste, and Christian taste

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Summary:

Christians often disagree with themselves and others over such matters as music, popular culture and worship style. Yet they usually lack theology of art or taste to deal with aesthetic disputes. This provocative book offers an "ecumenical" approach to artistic taste and aesthetic judgement.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Prologue: Religious Taste

One: Good Taste, Bad Taste, and Christian Taste

Two: Art in Christian Traditions

Three: From the Love of Religion to the Love of Art

Four: The Taste for Art and the Thirst for God

Five: Kitsch, Sacred and Profane: The Question of Quality

Six: Ecumenical Taste: The Case of Music

Seven: Making Sacred Places, and Making Places Sacred

Eight: Styles and Stages of Faith and Art I: The Next Stage

Nine: Styles and Stages of Faith and Art II: Practicing Christianity Artfully

Notes

Index

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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-300) and index.

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ISBN:

0195343964

9780195343960

OCLC:

821691319