Grave as space for grace – "Come you sweet hour of death!": On seeing the beauty of aging and dying within an aesthetics of mortality and decay (human decomposition)

Within the ineluctable contingency of death and dying as horrifying and terrifying existential prospects, the notion of "grave" immediately corresponds with the natural facticity of human decomposition and the fear for death and dying. Decomposition is, in fact, a natural process beginning...

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Main Author: Louw, D. J. 1944- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2022
In: Stellenbosch theological journal
Year: 2022, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-27
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
CD Christianity and Culture
HA Bible
NBE Anthropology
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