Christian Philosophy's Intrigue with Beauty

<p>It may be asked whether the present book is of theological nature. The very fact </p><p>that the problem of God's Beauty will be discussed indicates a Christian standpoint. The </p><p>onus and scope of this book is focused upon the human experience of beauty thereby </p><p>trying to build on the reflections of this experience. The idea of God's Beauty will </p><p>reinforce the assumption that beauty is of an objective nature and that it exists </p><p>autonomously whether it is perceived by human beings or not. It can be objected of </p><p>course that such an ideal of beauty does not coincide with the Christian conception of </p><p>God and that both are entirely separate entities. This question will not be answered here </p><p>because our goal is not to prove the reality of God or to define His essence. Our sole </p><p>burden and task is to examine the relation between beauty and good and then to point to </p><p>some possible connections between beauty and the Christian conceptualization of God. </p><p>Hence our approach will be mainly philosophical. However it will refer to some </p><p>theological arguments and will refer to specific passages from the Holy Bible. </p><p>Moreover finally the book will not deal exhaustively with all dimensions of art. </p><p>It will not analyze the historical development of art. Our topic is beauty as seen from a </p><p>philosophical standpoint with some references to theology. Beauty is well-represented in </p><p>art. However an in-depth analysis of beauty in art is not needed here. Let us leave this for </p><p>art experts. </p>