This book explores the role of aesthetic experience in our perception
and understanding of the holy. Richard Viladesau's goal is to
articulate a theology of revelation, examined in relation to three
principal dimensions of the aesthetic realm: feeling and imagination:
beauty (or taste); and the arts. After briefly considering ways in
which theology itself can be imaginative or beautiful, Viladesau
concentrates on the theological significance of aesthetic data provided
by each of the three major spheres of aesthetic perception and
response. Throughout the work, the underlying question is how each of
these spheres serves as a source (however ambiguous) of revelation.
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