It continues with a theology of the icon in which the human person becomes something like the sacrament of Light where history is already drawn up into eternity. The book begins with the biblical and patristic vision of beauty and then, in the light of that vision, deals with the contemporary movements in art. The task had to be carried out from the point of view of a theology that 'sings glory' in the communion of the transfigured ones, and we know that in the last few years, Paul Evdokimov has given us some important studies on Eastern Christian spirituality and liturgy. In order to bring such an undertaking to a good conclusion, to a 'beautiful' conclusion, falling neither into aestheticism nor into an intellectual reduction of the mystery, a great Orthodox theologian was obviously necessary. Paul Evdokimov gives us today a summa on beauty, rather in beauty, that divine-human beauty 'that will save the world,' as Dostoevsky predicted. Condition: Very Good.ĭust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. From United Kingdom to U.S.A.About this Item: Oakwood Publications, Redondo Beach, California, 1990.
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