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God after Metaphysics: A Theological Aesthetic

By John Panteleimon Manoussakis

Book information

Publisher
Indiana University Press
Year
2007
ISBN
0253348803, 9780253348807, 9780253116949
Open Library ID
OL10228854M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
795 kB (814432 bytes)
Series
Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion
Pages
232\233
Topic
Physics
Time added
2011-04-20 14:05:05

Description

While philosophy believes it is impossible to have an experience of God without the senses, theology claims that such an experience is possible, though potentially idolatrous. In this engagingly creative book, John Panteleimon Manoussakis ends the impasse by proposing an aesthetic allowing for a sensuous experience of God that is not subordinated to imposed categories or concepts. Manoussakis draws upon the theological traditions of the Eastern Church, including patristic and liturgical resources, to build a theological aesthetic founded on the inverted gaze of icons, the augmented language of hymns, and the reciprocity of touch. Manoussakis explores how a relational interpretation of being develops a fuller and more meaningful view of the phenomenology of religious experience beyond metaphysics and onto-theology.

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