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Sense and Spirituality
James McCullough
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Description for Sense and Spirituality
Paperback. An exploration of the arts as a catalyst to spiritual growth, developing a theology of aesthetics that stresses the mutually enhancing dynamic between artistic appreciation and spirituality. Num Pages: 148 pages, 6 colour images, 2 black & white images, 2 diagrams. BIC Classification: ABA; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 198.
There is growing interest in the relationship between the arts and Christian faith. Much has been written about the arts and theology and the place of the arts in church life. Not as much has been written, however, about how the arts might actually advance spiritual formation in terms of the cumulative effect of religious experience and intentional practices. This book provides a modest step forward in that conversation, a conversation between theological aesthetics and practical theology. Understanding aesthetics as 'the realm of sense perception' and spiritual formation as 'growing capacities to participate in God's purposes', James McCullough suggests how ... Read more
There is growing interest in the relationship between the arts and Christian faith. Much has been written about the arts and theology and the place of the arts in church life. Not as much has been written, however, about how the arts might actually advance spiritual formation in terms of the cumulative effect of religious experience and intentional practices. This book provides a modest step forward in that conversation, a conversation between theological aesthetics and practical theology. Understanding aesthetics as 'the realm of sense perception' and spiritual formation as 'growing capacities to participate in God's purposes', James McCullough suggests how ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
Number of Pages
148
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780718894177
SKU
V9780718894177
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About James McCullough
James McCullough (PhD Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts, University of St. Andrews) is an adjunct instructor at Lindenwood University. He has published articles on the music of Anton Bruckner as well as on the art of Graham Sutherland and Makoto Fujimura.
Reviews for Sense and Spirituality
"...it is certainly an accessible and helpful book for undergraduates and seminarians." -Andrew Stout, Theological Book Review, Vol. 27 No.1, 2016