The Natural Theology of Beauty, and the Glory of Love
In this paper, I present a piece of natural theology, whose pro tanto conclusion is the existence of god-the-artist, that is a lower case "g" god, a creator who creates for the sake of beauty, but who is not worthy of worship, a god who can be admired but should not be loved. I then consid...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2022
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Sophia
Year: 2022, Volume: 61, Issue: 3, Pages: 481-497 |
| Further subjects: | B
Beauty
B goddess / God B Symposium B Von Balthasar B Glory B Transvaluation B Lovely B Natural Theology B God B Kenosis |
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| Summary: | In this paper, I present a piece of natural theology, whose pro tanto conclusion is the existence of god-the-artist, that is a lower case "g" god, a creator who creates for the sake of beauty, but who is not worthy of worship, a god who can be admired but should not be loved. I then consider some only partially successful responses to this dismal conclusion. Finally, I show to reconcile the idea of a god motivated by love of beauty with the religious tradition of an upper case "G" God, who is not merely to be worshiped but loves us and invites a loving response. |
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| ISSN: | 1873-930X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sophia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11841-021-00845-5 |