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Nichols on Art and Christ
8 Comments Published by Cynthia R. Nielsen September 2nd, 2007 in Aesthetics, Aidan Nichols, Theological Aesthetics, Trinitarian TheologySummarizing his findings with regard to art and human beings in the final chapter of his book, Redeeming Beauty: Soundings in Sacral Aesthetics, Aidan Nichols says the following:
Art has been a feature of human society since prehistoric times. [...] Art discloses what we think our society is like, or what it is not like but [...]
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Nichols on Maritain on the Beautiful
0 Comments Published by Cynthia R. Nielsen August 30th, 2007 in Aesthetics, Aidan Nichols, Jacques MaritainIn chapter seven of his book, Redeeming Beauty: Soundings in Sacral Aesthetics, Nichols discusses, among other things, Jacques Maritain’s view of pulchrum (the beautiful). Maritain appeals to St. Thomas’ dictum in which beauty is defined as id quod visum placet. According to Maritain this definition relates to the effect, not the essence, i.e., the beautiful [...]
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Part II: A Brief Introduction to Sergei Bulgakov
2 Comments Published by Cynthia R. Nielsen August 29th, 2007 in Aidan Nichols, Russian Orthodox Thinkers, Sergei BulgakovIn the previous post, I mentioned two experiences that helped bring Bulgakov back to the Orthodox Church. In this post, we encounter the third experience, viz., the death of Bulgakov’s four year old son in the summer of 1909. At his son’s funeral, Bulgakov had a strong sense that “his child lived in the life [...]
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Part I: A Brief Introduction to Sergei Bulgakov
1 Comment Published by Cynthia R. Nielsen August 27th, 2007 in Aidan Nichols, Dostoevsky, Eastern Orthodox Thinkers/Themes, Russian Literary Figures, Russian Orthodox Thinkers, Sergei BulgakovMy brief introduction to Bulgakov is based on Fr. Aidan Nichols article, “Wisdom from Above? The Sophiology of Father Sergius Bulgakov”[1]-an article that is worth reading in its entirety. Bulgakov, who was to become an important 20th century theological figure in both Orthodox and Latin theological circles, was born in 1871 in a rural town [...]
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