Beauty and Holiness: The Dialogue Between Aesthetics and Religion

Hardback

Main Details

Title Beauty and Holiness: The Dialogue Between Aesthetics and Religion
Authors and Contributors      By (author) James Alfred Martin
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:234
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenrePhilosophy - aesthetics
Philosophy of religion
ISBN/Barcode 9780691632803
ClassificationsDewey:111.85
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 19 April 2016
Publication Country United States

Description

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