Christianity, Art and Transformation - Theological Aesthetics in the Struggle for Justice

Klappentext Explores the historical and contemporary relationship between the arts and Christianity. Zusammenfassung Christianity! Art and Transformation is a journey of exploration that is both historical and contemporary! theological and practical. The reader is invited to share in the journey beginning in the life of the early Church! travelling through the history of European Christianity and art! and arriving in southern Africa. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Historical Trajectories: 1. The power of sacred images; 2. The beautiful, the ugly, and the holy; Part II. Theological Reflection: 3. The redemptive power of beauty; 4. Restoring broken themes of praise; Part III. Aesthetic Praxis: 5. Art in the public square; 6. Art in the life of the church; Select bibliography; Index of names; Index of subjects.

Product details

• Authors: John W. de Gruchy, John W. de Gruchy
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.11.2008
• EAN: 9780521089500
• ISBN: 978-0-521-08950-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity