About this ebook
The identification of God with beauty is one of the most aesthetically
rich notions within Christian thought. However, this claim is often at risk of
becoming untethered from core Christian theological confessions. To avoid a
theological account of beauty becoming a mere projection of our wildest
desires, it must be reined in by dogmatics. To make this case, this book
employs the thought of Robert W. Jenson to construct a dogmatic aesthetics.
Jenson’s whole theological program is directed by exploring the systematic
potential of the core doctrines of the faith that finally opens out into a vast
vision of the beauty of God and creatures: “God is a great fugue . . . the
rest is music.” Taking Jenson’s cue, the account of beauty presented in this
book is propelled by a core conviction of Jenson’s theology: the sole analogue
between God and creatures is not “being” or any other metaphysical concept, but
Jesus Christ.
rich notions within Christian thought. However, this claim is often at risk of
becoming untethered from core Christian theological confessions. To avoid a
theological account of beauty becoming a mere projection of our wildest
desires, it must be reined in by dogmatics. To make this case, this book
employs the thought of Robert W. Jenson to construct a dogmatic aesthetics.
Jenson’s whole theological program is directed by exploring the systematic
potential of the core doctrines of the faith that finally opens out into a vast
vision of the beauty of God and creatures: “God is a great fugue . . . the
rest is music.” Taking Jenson’s cue, the account of beauty presented in this
book is propelled by a core conviction of Jenson’s theology: the sole analogue
between God and creatures is not “being” or any other metaphysical concept, but
Jesus Christ.
About the author
Stephen John Wright is an associate researcher at the Public and Contextual Theology Research Centre (PACT) of Charles Sturt University in New South Wales and an adjunct lecturer in theology at Booth College in Sydney. Wright is the editor of Robert W. Jenson’s latest collection of essays, Theology as Revisionary Metaphysics. This volume is based on his dissertation completed at Charles Sturt University under the direction of Benjamin Myers.
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