Wynn, MR (2017) Aesthetic Goods and the Nature of Religious Understanding. In: Ellis, F, (ed.) New Models of Religious Understanding. Oxford University Press , Oxford , pp. 116-133. ISBN 9780198796732
Abstract
This chapter considers what kind of understanding is required if the religious or spiritual life is to be ordered not only to moral, but also aesthetic goods. It addresses three questions. First: how might aesthetic goods contribute to spiritual well-being? Second, what must the spiritual or religious person understand if their life is to be directed to these spiritually significant aesthetic goods? And finally: how is this understanding to be realized if its object is as described in our response to this second question? The chapter proposes that a deeper appreciation of the spiritual significance of aesthetic goods yields a new and fruitful perspective on the bodily and perceptual character of religious understanding.
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Item Type: | Book Section |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Oxford University Press 2018. This is an author produced version of a chapter which is published in New models of religious understanding, edited by Fiona Ellis, 2018. Reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/oso/9780198796732.003.0007 |
Keywords: | spiritual life, aesthetic goods, religious understanding, spiritual well-being, moral, religious life |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > Theology and Religious Studies (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number John Templeton Foundation (US) ID# 57313 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 11 May 2017 14:47 |
Last Modified: | 21 Dec 2019 01:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/oso/9780198796732.003.0007 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:115867 |