Seeking Goodness and Beauty - The Use of the Arts in Theological Ethics

Informationen zum Autor Paul J. Wadell is professor emeritus of theology and religious studies at St. Norbert College. He is the author of several books, including Friendship and the Moral Life ; Becoming Friends: Worship, Justice and the Practice of Christian Friendship; and Happiness and the Christian Moral Life: An Introduction to Christian Ethics (now in its 3rd edition). Klappentext Seeking Goodness and Beauty: The Use of the Arts in Theological Ethics offers the reader a unique and innovative perspective on questions of ethics and how we can incorporate the human experience of the Arts to best live and teach the moral life. Art and aesthetic experiences transcend borders and engage us rationally, emotionally, and sensually. Novels, film, autobiography, and music can all contribute to the moral formation of good character and virtue as well as to the skill of discerning right action by developing imagination, shaping moral vision, tutoring the emotions, or guiding the process of moral discernment. Seeking Goodness and Beauty brings together theory and practice in an approachable, engaging manner and offers methods of pedagogy to encourage the use of the arts in moral education. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Formative Power of Story and the Grace of Indirection Chapter 3 Spending the Day with a Good Friend: Autobiography, Moral Character, and the Religious Imagination Chapter 4 In Search of Soul: Character and Imagination in Carlos Fuentes's The Good Conscience Chapter 5 The Transformative Power of Love in Shadowlands Chapter 6 The Attractive Power of Goodness: The Moral Landscape of John Hassler's North of Hope Chapter 7 Gothic Ethics: Seeing the Beast in Our Own Eye Chapter 8 Movies and Morals: The Case of Citizen Kane Chapter 9 Music and Morality: "Performance" and the Normative Claim of Scores and Texts Part 10 About the Contributors ...

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• Autori: &apos, Patricia Lamoureux, Patricia O&apos Lamoureux, Patricia O''''neil Lamoureux, Kevin Neil, Kevin J. O'Neil
• Con la collaborazione di: Kevin O'Neil C.Ss.R (Editore), Patricia Lamoureux (Editore), Lamoureux Patricia (Editore), C.Ss.R O'Neil (Editore), Kevin O'Neil (Editore), Kevin O'Neil C Ss R (Editore), Kevin O'Neil C. Ss R. (Editore)
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 20.03.2005
• EAN: 9780742532090
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-3209-0
• Pagine: 192
• Serie: Communication, Culture, and Religion; Communication, Culture, and Re; Communication, Culture, and Religion
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Altre religioni; RELIGION / Theology, Theology