porta della bellezza: per un'estetica Teologica

Name: porta della bellezza: per un'estetica Teologica
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ISBN: 9780802832801

ISBN-10: 0802832806

ISBN-13: 9780802832801

Edition: 2008

Authors: Bruno Forte, P. David Glenday, Paul McPartlan

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A famous Italian theologian's eloquent reflections on beauty and God. / "Beauty is an event: it happens when the Whole, the All, offers itself to us in the fragment, when the Infinite makes itself little." This is how Bruno Forte describes the long-held Christian tradition that sees God as the source of all beauty. In The Portal of Beauty Forte examines the deep, though not always obvious, contribution of theological thoughtfrom the minds of such luminaries as Augustine, Aquinas, Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, Balthasar, and Evdokimovto our understanding and experience of beauty. / The Portal of Beauty is an erudite, moving, and deeply-felt study by the most famous Italian theologian in Italy on…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Publication date: 10/29/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 129
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.33" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Bruno Forte is professor of systematic theology at the Pontifical Theological Faculty of Naples, Italy. He is also a member of the International Theological Commission of the Holy See and a consultant of the Pontifical Council for Culture. His other books available in English include The Trinity as History and A Short Introduction to the Apostlesb Creed.