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In this broad historical and critical overview based on a lifetime of scholarship, James Alfred Martin, Jr., examines the development of the concepts of beauty and holiness as employed in theories of aesthetics and of religion. The injunction in the Book of Psalms to "worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness" addressed a tradition that has compre



Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Preface, pg. vii*INTRODUCTION, pg. 3*I. The Holiness of Beauty and the Beauty of Holiness Classical Western Formulations, pg. 9*II. The Emergence of Aesthetics and Religion in Western Thought, pg. 33*III. Holiness and Beauty in Modern Theories of Religion, pg. 65*IV. Aesthetics and Religion in Twentieth-Century Philosophy, pg. 104*V. Holiness and Beauty in Eastern Thought, pg. 136*VI. The Contemporary Debate about the End(s) of Art and the End(s) of Religion, pg. 164*VII. Beyond the End of Art and the End of Religion, pg. 189*Notes, pg. 197*Index, pg. 219

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691603483, 978-0691603483
      ISBN10: 0691603480

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      In this broad historical and critical overview based on a lifetime of scholarship, James Alfred Martin, Jr., examines the development of the concepts of beauty and holiness as employed in theories of aesthetics and of religion. The injunction in the Book of Psalms to "worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness" addressed a tradition that has compre



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Preface, pg. vii*INTRODUCTION, pg. 3*I. The Holiness of Beauty and the Beauty of Holiness Classical Western Formulations, pg. 9*II. The Emergence of Aesthetics and Religion in Western Thought, pg. 33*III. Holiness and Beauty in Modern Theories of Religion, pg. 65*IV. Aesthetics and Religion in Twentieth-Century Philosophy, pg. 104*V. Holiness and Beauty in Eastern Thought, pg. 136*VI. The Contemporary Debate about the End(s) of Art and the End(s) of Religion, pg. 164*VII. Beyond the End of Art and the End of Religion, pg. 189*Notes, pg. 197*Index, pg. 219

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