Sacred and Profane Beauty: The Holy in Art

Preface
Beautiful motion. The unity of dance & religion
The breakup of unity
Enmity between dance & religion
Religious dance: influences
Religious dance: harmony
The theological aesthetics of the dance
Movements & countermovements. Holy play
The breakup of unity
The enmity between religion & theater
Influences: harmony
The theological aesthetics of the drama
Beautiful words. Holy words
The breakup of unity
The rejection of the word by religion
Influences toward harmony
The theological aesthetics of the word
The pictorial arts: The fixation of an idea as a holy image
Unhindered pictorial representation
The prohibition of images & the iconoclastic controversy
The holy image: influences
The house of God & the house of man. The building of the house of God
The house of God becomes a human house: alienation & conflict
Influences toward harmony
The theological aesthetics of building
Music & religion. Holy sound
The transitional structure
Discord
Influences
Harmony
The theological aesthetics of music
Theological aesthetics. Paths & boundaries
The republic of the arts
The image of God
The theology of the arts
Bibliography
Index