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Through the Dark Field

The Incarnation Through an Aesthetics of Vulnerability [Paperback]

by Susie Paulik Babka

    • Author

      Susie Paulik Babka

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Liturgical Press

    • Published

      September 2016

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      Theological discourse in the West has consistently valued the word over the image. Aesthetics, which discerns the criteria and value of the beautiful and what "pleases the senses," is the discipline that prioritizes sensual intelligence over the rational; this book advocates a reconsideration of the doctrine of the incarnation through an aesthetics of vulnerability, in which the ethical optics of attention to the vulnerable other becomes the standpoint in which to ponder the significance of "God became human." Relying on such diverse thinkers as Emmanuel Levinas, Maurice Blanchot, Karl Rahner, and Masao Abe, this book explores visual art, images, and poetry as theological sources, designating what Blanchot called "a region where impossibility is no longer deprivation, but affirmation."

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      • Author

        Susie Paulik Babka

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        Liturgical Press

      • Published

        September 2016

      • Weight

        454g

      • Page Count

        328

      • Dimensions

        150 x 227 x 23 mm

      • ISBN

        9780814680735

      • ISBN-10

        0814680739

      • Eden Code

        4451181

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      • Author/Creator: Susie Paulik Babka

      • ISBN: 9780814680735

      • Publisher: Liturgical Press

      • Release Date: September 2016

      • Weight: 454g

      • Dimensions: 150 x 227 x 23 mm

      • Eden Code: 4451181


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