In the Beginning is the Icon A Liberative Theology of Images, Visual Arts and Culture
Heftet /
2016
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781138661059
Publisert
2016-01-21
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
360 gr
Høyde
246 mm
Bredde
189 mm
Aldersnivå
U, G, 05, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
200
Forfatter
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Sigurd Bergmann, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim.<p>"...Bergmann lays out a fascinating and reflective outline of scholarship so far within the broader field of art theology or theological aesthetics."</p><p><strong>Jonathan Koestle-Cate, ACE Trust</strong></p><p>"Sigurd Bergmann’s book <i>In the beginning is the icon</i>, with the subtitle <i>A liberative theology of images, visual arts and culture, </i>presents an alternate perspective in the approach to visual arts in relation to religious belief."</p><p><strong>Marina Vicelja, IKON</strong></p>
Icons provide depictions of God or encounters with the divine that enable reflection and prayer. 'In the Beginning is the Icon' explores the value of these images for a theology of liberation. Iconology, art theory, philosophical aesthetics, art history and anthropology are integrated with rigorous theological reflection to argue that the creation and observation of pictures can have a liberating effect on humanity. In presenting art from across the world, 'In the Beginning is the Icon' reflects the ethnocentricity of both art and religious studies and offers a new cross-cultural approach to the theology of art.
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Contributes to raising awareness about the intrinsic value of images and image perception among those who wish to reflect over God and over pictorial expressions of different experiences from encounters with divinity in earthly and historical situations. This work offers important perspectives for a cross-cultural art theology.
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PrefaceI. What is an image?II. What is art?III. Theological views of artIV. World artV. Aesthetics of liberation ----- towards a contextual theology of artBibliography
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781138661059
Publisert
2016-01-21
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
360 gr
Høyde
246 mm
Bredde
189 mm
Aldersnivå
U, G, 05, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
200
Forfatter