The beauty of the infinite : the aesthetics of Christian truth / David Bentley Hart.
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TextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans, c2003.Description: xii, 448 p. ; 25 cmISBN: - 0802812546 (alk. paper)
- 080282921X
- 230 22
- BT55 .H37 2003
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knox | Hewitson Library, Presbyterian Research Centre | Chrysalis Seed Collection | 230 Har (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 10-434 | ||
| Book: Standard | Hewitson Library, Presbyterian Research Centre | Main | PAN Har (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 05-227 |
Based on the author's thesis.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I. The Question -- II. Terms Employed -- III. Beauty -- IV. Final Remarks -- Pt. 1. Dionysus against the Crucified -- The Violence of Metaphysics and the Metaphysics of Violence -- I. The City and the Wastes -- II. The View of the Sublime -- III. The Will to Power -- IV. The Covenant of Light -- Pt. 2. The Beauty of the Infinite -- A Dogmatica Minora -- I. Trinity -- II. Creation -- III. Salvation -- IV. Eschaton -- Pt. 3. Rhetoric without Reserve -- Persuasion, the Tyranny of Twilight, and the Language of Peace -- I. The War of Persuasions -- II. The Violence of Hermeneutics -- III. The Optics of the Market -- IV. The Gift of Martyrs.
"The Beauty of the Infinite is an extended essay in "theological aesthetics." David Bentley Hart here meditates on the power of a Christian understanding of beauty and sublimity to rise above the violence - both philosophical and literal - characteristic of the postmodern world."--BOOK JACKET.
Knox Chrysalis Seed collection.
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