Entertaining Violence: Augustine on the Cross of Christ and the Commercialization of Suffering.
The article looks at books by Christian theologian Augustine of Hippo, including "Confessions" and "De Trinitate," examining his aesthetic theory of theatrical images of suffering and its relation to his theology. Topics include Augustine's aesthetic theory in relation to Platonism, his views on sot...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Religion Vol. 92; no. 3; pp. 331 - 362 |
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University of Chicago Press
Jul2012
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| Sumario: | The article looks at books by Christian theologian Augustine of Hippo, including "Confessions" and "De Trinitate," examining his aesthetic theory of theatrical images of suffering and its relation to his theology. Topics include Augustine's aesthetic theory in relation to Platonism, his views on soteriology and the cross in relation to suffering, and his relation to the phenomenological thought of philosopher Martin Heidegger. |
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