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"Every good giving and every perfect gift is from on high, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning" (James 1:17). This verse conveys a powerful image of God as the source and referent of all beauty. This book demonstrates how the experience of beauty is related to our inherent longing for the God who is reflected in such moments. Richly informed by Junius Johnson's expertise on Bonaventure and von Balthasar, the book offers a robust, full-orbed theology of beauty, showing how it has functioned as a theological concept from biblical times to the present day.

Table of Contents
Contents

Introduction
Part 1: The Encounter with Beauty
1. Eternity in Our Hearts: Memory, Beauty, and Divinity
2. The Eyes of Faith: Contuition and Spiritual Vision
3. Beauty and Analogy
Part 2: The Meaning of Beauty
4. Word and Concept: The Nature of Language
5. Concept Squared: The Nature of Metaphor
6. Res and Concept: Things as Signs
7. Res Sacramenti: The Nature of Sacraments
8. Radiant Res: Icons and Ecstasy
Postscript
Index

The Father of Lights – A Theology of Beauty

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      Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 22/12/2020
      ISBN13: 9781540964892, 978-1540964892
      ISBN10: 1540964892
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      "Every good giving and every perfect gift is from on high, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning" (James 1:17). This verse conveys a powerful image of God as the source and referent of all beauty. This book demonstrates how the experience of beauty is related to our inherent longing for the God who is reflected in such moments. Richly informed by Junius Johnson's expertise on Bonaventure and von Balthasar, the book offers a robust, full-orbed theology of beauty, showing how it has functioned as a theological concept from biblical times to the present day.

      Table of Contents
      Contents

      Introduction
      Part 1: The Encounter with Beauty
      1. Eternity in Our Hearts: Memory, Beauty, and Divinity
      2. The Eyes of Faith: Contuition and Spiritual Vision
      3. Beauty and Analogy
      Part 2: The Meaning of Beauty
      4. Word and Concept: The Nature of Language
      5. Concept Squared: The Nature of Metaphor
      6. Res and Concept: Things as Signs
      7. Res Sacramenti: The Nature of Sacraments
      8. Radiant Res: Icons and Ecstasy
      Postscript
      Index

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