The Vicarious Beauty of Christ: The Aesthetics of the Atonement
A theology of the vicarious humanity, not just death, of Christ provides a fresh way to ground theological aesthetics in the reconciling life of Christ. Theological aesthetics can also bring a new perspective on the atonement as including the “Godward” movement of the Son to the Father, a movement o...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
2007
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Theology today
Year: 2007, Volume: 64, Issue: 1, Pages: 14-24 |
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| Summary: | A theology of the vicarious humanity, not just death, of Christ provides a fresh way to ground theological aesthetics in the reconciling life of Christ. Theological aesthetics can also bring a new perspective on the atonement as including the “Godward” movement of the Son to the Father, a movement of beauty that humanity has been invited to participate in, an act of both solidarity and substitution. This response reveals the uniqueness of Christ's beauty, a vicarious not analogous knowledge of beauty, thus creating a wholeness and openness to the beauty of the grace of God's creation. |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/004057360706400103 |