Beauty and Revelation in the Thought of St Augustine

by Carol Harrison

This book places Saint Augustine's theology in a new and illuminating context by considering what he has to say about beauty. It demonstrates how a theological understanding of beauty revealed in the created, temporal realm enabled Augustine to form a positive appreciation of this realm and the healing power within it. It therefore reintroduces aesthetics alongside philosophy and ethics in Augustine's treatment of God. Unlike previous works, it shifts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198263422
• ISBN13: 9780198263425
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.8"