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This book offers a working description of beauty. It draws on the Scriptures, both Old and New Testament, to illustrate how the beauty of Christ manifested itself at every stage of his story.
List of contents
- 1: An Account of Beauty
- 2: The Beauty of the Pre-existent Wisdom and Word 'in Heaven'
- 3: 'Beautiful on Earth': The Beauty of the Incarnate Christ
- 4: 'Beautiful in His Parents' Arms': The Beauty of Christ's Childhood and Hidden Life
- 5: 'Beautiful in His Miracles, Beautiful in Calling to Life'
- 6: 'Beautiful in Calling to Life' -The Encounters in John's Gospel
- 7: 'Beautiful under the Scourges, Beautiful on the Cross'
- 8: 'Beautiful in the Tomb': The Descent to the Dead
- 9: 'Beautiful in Taking up His Life again': The Beauty of the Resurrection
- Epilogue
- Select Bibliography
- Index of Names
- Biblical Index
About the author
Born in Melbourne (Australia), Gerald O'Collins received his PhD in 1968 at the University of Cambridge, where he was a research fellow at Pembroke College. From 1973 to 2006, he taught fundamental and systematic theology at the Gregorian University (Rome), where he was also dean of the theology faculty (1985-91). He is now an adjunct professor of Australian Catholic University and a research fellow of the University of Divinity (Melbourne). Well known in the UK, US, India, New Zealand, South Africa, his native Australia, and elsewhere as a visiting lecturer, he has published hundreds of articles in professional and popular journals and authored or co-authored 74 books.
Summary
This book offers a working description of beauty. It draws on the Scriptures, both Old and New Testament, to illustrate how the beauty of Christ manifested itself at every stage of his story.
Additional text
Gerald O'Collins meditates deeply upon the multifaceted beauty of Jesus in a journey lead by Scripture and Augustine. He offers refreshment to the weary by intertwining artistic interludes with insightful scriptural reflections. His brief work opens the fount of inexhaustible divine beauty.
