Experiencing Christian art
In this article, we argue that a secularist cannot experience Christian art in the same way that a Christian can. To defend this claim, we argue that Christian faith is best conceived as an engagement with God, such that coming to have faith is a transformative, second-person experience where a pers...
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Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2015]
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Religious studies
Jahr: 2015, Band: 51, Heft: 3, Seiten: 431-439 |
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Christliche Kunst
/ Erkenntnis
/ Christ
/ Ungläubiger
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RelBib Classification: | AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion CE Christliche Kunst |
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Zusammenfassung: | In this article, we argue that a secularist cannot experience Christian art in the same way that a Christian can. To defend this claim, we argue that Christian faith is best conceived as an engagement with God, such that coming to have faith is a transformative, second-person experience where a person comes to know what it is like to be loved by God and that Christian art is best conceived as iconic, such that it is an occasion for, and a mode of, experiencing God. Thus, for the Christian, but not for the secularist, experiencing Christian art consists in an experience of God himself. |
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ISSN: | 1469-901X |
Enthält: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0034412515000335 |