THE BIBLE AS BOOK OF BEAUTY: ON THE ROLE OF BIBLICAL AESTHETICS IN SECULARISED TIMES AND CONTEXTS
This article investigates reasons for the decline in relevance of the Bible in social and religious discourse as a result of secularisation in contemporary times. It firstly analyses how a particular scientific ideal in the religious discourse has contributed to this decline, as well as ecclesiastic...
| Κύριος συγγραφέας: | |
|---|---|
| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
| Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Φόρτωση...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Έκδοση: |
Univ.
2021
|
| Στο/Στη: |
Scriptura <Stellenbosch>
Έτος: 2021, Τόμος: 120, Τεύχος: 1, Σελίδες: 1-14 |
| Τυποποιημένες (ακολουθίες) λέξεων-κλειδιών: | B
Καθημερινότητα (μοτίβο)
/ Κοινωνία (μοτίβο)
/ Εκκοσμίκευση (Κανονικό δίκαιο)
/ Δογματισμός
/ Bibel
|
| Σημειογραφίες IxTheo: | AD Κοινωνιολογία της θρησκείας, Πολιτική της θρησκείας AG Θρησκευτική ζωή, Υλική θρησκεία HA Βίβλος NBA Δογματική |
| Διαθέσιμο Online: |
Volltext (kostenfrei) Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Σύνοψη: | This article investigates reasons for the decline in relevance of the Bible in social and religious discourse as a result of secularisation in contemporary times. It firstly analyses how a particular scientific ideal in the religious discourse has contributed to this decline, as well as ecclesiastical dogmatism, anti-intellectualism and the weaponising of religion that promoted and resulted in Bible-fatigue. In the second major section, a turn in the state of affairs is analysed, with attention to the contribution of contextual theologies to theoretical reflection about reductionist intellectualism and more recently, the promotion of aesthetic insights. In a third section, the article investigates more fully the aesthetic nature of the Bible that has often contributed to a reinvigorating of the Bible. The article concludes with the proposal that it is a spiritual reading that is explicitly approached from an aesthetical perspective that will create consciousness and knowledge of the Bible’s beauty and mediate its transformative potential, and this will help counter the secularising trend that marginalised the Bible. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 2305-445X |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Scriptura |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.7833/120-1-1991 |