Art, desire, and God : phenomenological perspectives / ed. by Kevin G. Grove, Christopher C. Rios, and Taylor J. Nutter. - 1st ed. - vi, 213 p. illustrations (color) ; 24 cm. - Expanding philosophy of religion . - Expanding philosophy of religion. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call and response : negation and the configuration of desire / Making sense in the midst on non-sense : Felix Ravaisson and George Rickey as a way forward for Emmanuel Falque / Perspective in Nicholas of Cusa and the rise of the transcendental subject / Desirous seeing : Sol LeWitt, vision and paradox / Memory and desire for God in Terrence Malick's To the Wonder / Life in the heart of cinema : Michel Henry's new phenomenology and cinematic form / Scandal in the Cornaro Chapel : desire for God and The Ecstasy of St Teresa / Art and desire in the Song of Songs / The touch of God : woundedness and desire in James Baldwin and Jean-Louis Chretien / Of God and trout fishing : a phenomenology of religious life / The prescription of liturgy for the problem of blindness in the thought of Jean-Luc Marion / Beauty, sacrament, and the road to Emmaus / The saturated flesh of Christ : Christology, aesthetics, and subjectivity in Jean-Luc Marion and M. Shawn Copeland / Kevin G. Grove, Christopher C. Rios, Taylor J. Nutter -- Ferdia J. Stone-Davis -- Tyler Holley -- Nathan D. Pedersen -- Daniel Adam Lightsey -- Jake Grefenstette -- Joseph G. Kickasola -- Martha Reineke -- Richard Kearney -- Thomas Breedlove -- J. Aaron Simmons -- Christina George -- Wendy Crosby -- David de la Fuente. Introduction / Part 1: Embodied experience in art and film. Part 2: Carnal encounter. Part 3: Incarnate performance.

"Bringing together thinkers from philosophy of religion, religious studies, music, art, and film, while drawing on a wealth of phenomenological resources and methods, a team of renowned scholars provide new vantages on the question of how art is an expression of the human desire for God. In three interrelated parts, chapters employ phenomenological tools to propose new ways for speaking of the desire for God. Scholars first draw upon music, sculpture, film, and painting to develop ways of expressing diverse philosophical and religious aspects characteristic of aesthetic experience. The discussion then opens up to examine the mystical and wounded aspects of embodied interface with God. The final part investigates embodied aesthetic praxis in philosophy of religion and religious studies"--

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Christianity and the arts.
Christianity and art.
Aesthetics--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Desire--Religious aspects--Christianity.
God--Philosophy.
Art and religion.
Phenomenology.
Arts and religion.
Music--Religious aspects.
Aesthetics--Religious aspects.
Art et religion.
Arts--Aspect religieux.
Musique--Aspect religieux.
Esthétique--Aspect religieux.
Dieu--Philosophie.
Arts--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.
Christianisme et art.
Désir--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.
Phénoménologie.
phenomenology.
Aesthetics--Religious aspects
Art and religion
Arts and religion
God--Philosophy
Music--Religious aspects

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