Aesthetics Catholicism

Horror Fiction And Catholic Theology – A Rhetorical Synthesis, Part 2 (Gavin Hurley)

The following is the second of a two-part-series. The first can be read here. What specifically sets horror apart from other genres such as fantasy and science fiction? The distinction can be distilled down to the genre’s affect of fear. As already established, horror is distinctive from other genres in that it fosters a feeling […]

Aesthetics Catholicism

Horror Fiction And Catholic Theology – A Rhetorical Synthesis, Part 1 (Gavin Hurley)

The following is the first installment of a two-part series. Catholic horror—horror fiction that integrates Catholic perspectives into the fiction itself—is often be seen by Catholics to be incompatible with the mission of the religion. These skeptics argue that popular culture media such as horror novels, horror television shows, and horror films are not appropriate […]

Aesthetics

From Kant to Hölderlin – Poetry And Religion In The Wake Of Philosophical Aesthetics, Part 3 (Jakob Deibl)

The following is the second installment of a three-part series.  The first one can be found here, the second one here. Translated by Philipp Schlögl. Poetry and Religion: Fragment of Philosophical Letters 1) In the Fragment of Philosophical Letters, Hölderlin defines this character of repetition more precisely, which proves to be central to his understanding of religion. In […]

Aesthetics

From Kant to Hölderlin – Poetry And Religion In The Wake Of Philosophical Aesthetics, Part 2 (Jakob Deibl)

The following is the second installment of a three-part series.  The first one can be found here.  Translated by Philipp Schlögl. Letters II: The Schematism of the Pure Concepts of the Understanding as Starting Point In a letter of January 26, 1795, addressed by Hölderlin from Jena to his friend Hegel, who was staying in Bern, he […]

Aesthetics

From Kant to Hölderlin – Poetry And Religion In The Wake Of Philosophical Aesthetics, Part 1 (Jakob Deibl)

The following is the first installment of a three-part series.  Translated by Philipp Schlögl. Introductory Remarks Friederich Hölderlin’s famous quote “Thus all Religion would be poetic in its essence.” (EaL 239)[1], which is taken from the Fragments of Philosophical Letters (1796/97, EaL 234-239)[2], does not represent a mere rapturous exclamation of the poet who wants to […]

Aesthetics Philosophy of Religion

The Vertical Form – The Iconological Dimension in 20th Century Russian Religious Aesthetics and Literary Criticism, Part II (Oleg Komkov)

The following is the second part in a two-part installment. The first part can be found here.  II. “Absolute Symbolism” of Christian Worldview: The Aesthetic Dimension The term “absolute symbolism” was introduced into Russian religious philosophy by Alexei Losev to describe the overall quality of Christian aesthetic consciousness. Losev distinguished between three major types of […]

Aesthetics Philosophy of Religion

The Vertical Form – The Iconological Dimension in 20th Century Russian Religious Aesthetics and Literary Criticism, Part I (Oleg Komkov)

The following is the first part in a two-part installment.  This article is an attempt to highlight and reflect on several interrelated issues that seem to be very important in terms of working out a relevant theological approach to the wide variety of artistic expression, particularly as far as theoretical aesthetics is concerned. I shall […]

Aesthetics

Hegemony And Techno-Rationality – Toward An Aesthetic Soteriology (Mason Davis)

To speak of aesthetics is not simply to consign art to its effects on sensibility, but to open up the configurations of experience that create new modalities of perception and new forms of subjectivity. “Aesthetics provides a mode of articulation between ways of doing and making, their corresponding forms of visibility, and possible ways of […]