Douglas Hedley
The Iconic Imagination
- ISBN 13:
- 9781441194633
- author:
- Douglas Hedley
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Bloomsbury Academic
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2016
- Pages:
- 320
- Dimensions:
- 15.4 x 2.3 x 22.8 cm
- Genre:
- Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Theology, Douglas Hedley,The Iconic Imagination,Bloomsbury Academic,1441194630,Religion: Comparative, General & Reference,Religion - Commentaries / Reference,Art - Philosophy,Art and religion,Image (Philosophy),
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
The Iconic Imagination by Douglas Hedley explores the relationship between images and religious ideas. Drawing on a Platonic metaphysics of the image as a bearer of transcendence, Hedley argues that aesthetic works can convey the transcendent in various traditions. Hedley examines how images are used to represent the eternal through the visible and temporal, offering a vision of the divine in contrast to cold abstraction and narrow asceticism. This book presents a unique perspective on the role of images in religious thought. By considering the power of images to convey spiritual concepts, Hedley sheds new light on the intersection of aesthetics and theology.
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