TY - BOOK AU - Thiessen,Gesa Elsbeth TI - Theological aesthetics: a reader SN - 0802828884 AV - BR115.A8 T44 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - Grand Rapids, MI. PB - Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. KW - Aesthetics KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Philosophical theology N1 - Originally published: London : SCM Press, 2004; Includes bibliographical references (pages [369]-371) and indexes; Divine beauty, purification and the vision of God -- The divine artist -- Iconoclasm and idolatry -- The role of the senses, dress codes, and negative views of women -- The defence of images -- Seeing God; beauty and goodness -- Images of God -- Praising God: architecture, poetry, and music -- The role of images -- Next to the word of God: music -- Mystical visions and poetry -- Singing God's praise -- Divine beauty and the beauty of creation -- Feeling, imagination and contemplation -- Art and aesthetics: philosophical-theological perceptions -- Art as a 'locus theologicus' -- Truth, meaning and art -- Imagination, creativity, and faith -- Divine revelation, beauty, and the vision of God ER -