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Thu 15Thu 15Mon 10Mass Culture: Theological Engagement and Spiritual Practice
Mon 10 May, 2:00 pm to Thu 13 May, 2:00 pmMeet the Academic Staff
Ann Philp
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Karen O’Donnell
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God, Beauty and the Imagination
- Course Dates: Mon 13 June 2016, 2:00 pm to Thu 16 June 2016, 5:00 pm

The aim of this course is to explore how God, beauty and the imagination have found expression in art, literature and music and how these themes have been reflected in theology.
In so doing the module will provide an introduction to some major art-historical epochs and subjects and examine how artists have engaged with and have rendered Christian dogmas, such as the life, death and resurrection of Christ, the Trinity, Mary, the church etc through various means from the Renaissance to the twentieth century. How to interpret works of art, literature and music from a theological perspective will be a central feature in the course.
Students will read and discuss relevant writings by contemporary and past theologians relating to themes in theological aesthetics, such as imagination, beauty, divine revelation, truth and meaning, and artistic forms as a locus theologicus.
Those not on the MA programme are very welcome to book on this module as an auditor.