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Beauty and revelation in the thought of Saint Augustine /

Placing St Augustine's theology in a new context by considering what he has to say about beauty, this shows how a theological understanding of beauty revealed in the created, temporal realm enabled Augustine to form a positive appreciation of this realm and the healing power of beauty within it...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harrison, Carol (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press : Oxford University Press, 1992.
Series:Oxford theological monographs.
Subjects:
Augustine, > of Hippo, Saint, > 354-430.
Augustine, > of Hippo, Saint, > 354-430
Augustinus, Aurelius > Heiliger > 354-430
Augustinus, Aurelius.
Aesthetics, Ancient.
Revelation > Christianity > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Esthétique ancienne.
Aesthetics, Ancient
Offenbarung
Ästhetik
Schönheit
Esthetica.
Openbaring.
30-600
Christianity > Theology
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Placing St Augustine's theology in a new context by considering what he has to say about beauty, this shows how a theological understanding of beauty revealed in the created, temporal realm enabled Augustine to form a positive appreciation of this realm and the healing power of beauty within it.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 289 pages : illustrations).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-285) and index.
ISBN:9780191682544
0191682543