Field-ground reversal in Islamic art as a model for confronting indeterminancy in theology

Field-ground reversal underlies Islamic art's use of repeating geometric patterns or tessellations. Encounter with field-ground reversal suggests the notion of ‘oscillationism’ to mean willingness to oscillate between two equally plausible opposites rather than to affirm one or the other of the...

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Main Author: Johnston, William M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Netherlands 2003
In: Sophia
Year: 2003, Volume: 42, Issue: 1, Pages: 31-46
Further subjects:B Spiritual Exercise
B Postmodernist Perspective
B Cognitive Dissonance
B Buddhist Meditation
B Spiritual Practice
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