Transcendence and Sensoriness : Perceptions, Revelation, and the Arts

In 'transcendence And Sensoriness', Scholars Of Theology, Philosophy, Art, Music, And Architecture, Discuss Questions Of Transcendence, The Human Senses, And The Arts Through Case Studies Considered In A Broad Theological Framework Of Religious Aesthetics Of The Arts. Introduction: Art And Aesthetic Experience As Signals Of Transcendence? / Svein Aage Christoffersen -- Part 1: Approaching The Sphere Of Sense Perception -- Introduction To Part 1 / Sveing Aage Christoffersen -- Theology And Poetic Openness / Svein Aage Christoffersen -- The Loss Of The Aura And The New Sensuousness: Walter Benjamin On The Conditions For Sense Perception In The Age Of Technology / Dag T. Andersson -- Sensoriness And Transcendence: On The Aesthetic Possibility Of Experiencing Divinity / Dorthe Jørgensen -- The Phenomenology Of Revelation: Jean-luc Marion's Outline For A Phenomenology Of Religion / Mikkel B. Tin -- Part 2: Visual Art And Its Basic Conditions -- Introduction To Part 2 / Geir Hellemo -- The Ornamenta Ecclesiae In The Middle Ages: Materiality As Transcendence / Kristin B. Aavitsland -- Ottoman Sensoriness: Nature As A Source Of Religious Cognition In Istanbul In The Mid-sixteenth Century / Geir Hellemo -- I Can See Byzantine Art And Understand It: The Problematic Of The Byzantine Images And The Immanent Transcendence In Per Kirkeby's Art / Hans Jørgen Frederiksen -- God Among Thorns: On Anselm Kiefer's Pietà (2007) / Leonora Onarheim -- Part 3: Music And Transcendence -- Introduction To Part 3 / Nils Holger Petersen -- The Finished Fragment: On Arnold Schoenberg's Moses Und Aron / Arnfinn Bø-rygg -- Time And Space In W.a. Mozart's Ave Verum Corpus (1791): Transcendence And The Fictive Space Of The Musical Work / Nils Holger Petersen -- The Broken Hallelujah: The Super Hit As Sacred Space / Kristin Rygg -- Part 4: Transcendence And Presence In Church Architecture -- Introduction To Part 4 / Margunn Sandal -- The Fullness Of Space / Ettore Rocca -- Space, Wind And Light: On Transcendence And Early Church Architecture / Jens Fleischer -- On Earth As It Is In Heaven: St. Hallvard's Church And Abbey / Margunn Sandal -- Part 5: Theological Considerations: Imago Dei, Grace And Resurrection -- Introduction To Part 5 / Svein Aage Christoffersen -- Transcendence And The Use Of Images / Svein Aage Christoffersen -- Faith's Creative Mirror Reflection Of Heavens's Bliss / Theodor Jørgensen -- The Ambiguity Of The Demonic In Paul Tillich's View Of Art / Espen Dahl -- When We Dead Awaken: Art, Life And Death / Trond Skard Dokka -- Final Considerations And Perspectives / Svein Aage Christofferesen, Geir Hellemo, Leonora Onarheim, Nils Holger Petersen And Margunn Sandal. Edited By Svein Aage Christoffersen, Geir Hellemo, Leonora Onarheim, Nils Holger Petersen, Margunn Sandal ; Translated From Norwegian And Danish By Frances E. Hopenwasser, Leif Stubbe Teglbjaerg. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.