Visions of Beauty: Exploring Aesthetics as a Starting Point for Meaningful Inter-Religious Encounter, True-Seeing, Truth-Seeking, and Personal Transformation

The article highlights few ways to explore aesthetics as a starting point for meaningful inter-religious encounter, true-seeing, truth-seeking, and personal transformation. It define beauty as that which touches the heart and aesthetics as sensory experiences of beauty. It also highlights work of Co...

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Published in:Cross currents
Main Author: Mohammed-Ashrif, Fatimah (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The University of North Carolina Press 2018
In: Cross currents
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Beauty / Interfaith dialogue
IxTheo Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
AX Inter-religious relations
Further subjects:B Religious Diversity
B Aesthetics
B Interfaith Relations
B Interfaith Dialogue
B RELIGIOUS differences
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Summary:The article highlights few ways to explore aesthetics as a starting point for meaningful inter-religious encounter, true-seeing, truth-seeking, and personal transformation. It define beauty as that which touches the heart and aesthetics as sensory experiences of beauty. It also highlights work of Coexist House an interfaith organization concerned with creating a deeper understanding of the world's faith traditions.
ISSN:1939-3881
Contains:Enthalten in: Cross currents
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/cros.12318