Questions About the Perception of “Christian Truth”: On the Affective Effects of Sin

This article engages David Bentley Hart's critique of coercive “demonstration” in apologetics in favor of Gospel proclamation in the mode of “persuasion.” More specifically, I evaluate Hart's articulation of persuasion as a discourse that is primarily aesthetic and traffics primarily in be...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Smith, James K. A. 1970- (Συγγραφέας)
Τύπος μέσου: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο
Γλώσσα:Αγγλικά
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Έκδοση: 2007
Στο/Στη: New blackfriars
Έτος: 2007, Τόμος: 88, Τεύχος: 1017, Σελίδες: 585-593
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά:B Beauty
B Violence
B David Bentley Hart
B Aesthetics
B Natural Theology
B Apologetics
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Σύνοψη:This article engages David Bentley Hart's critique of coercive “demonstration” in apologetics in favor of Gospel proclamation in the mode of “persuasion.” More specifically, I evaluate Hart's articulation of persuasion as a discourse that is primarily aesthetic and traffics primarily in beauty. After expressing an appreciation for Hart's critique of the traditional apologetics of demonstration, I suggest that Hart's own proposal still has elements of an “apologetic”—a kind of natural “aesthetic” theology, but a natural theology nonetheless. I conclude by extrapolating the Reformed critique of natural theology (based on the “noetic effects of sin”) to include a critique of Hart's aesthetic quasi-natural theology by providing an account of the “affective” effects of sin.
ISSN:1741-2005
Περιλαμβάνει:Enthalten in: New blackfriars
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2005.2007.00185.x