{"product_id":"holy-beauty-chrysostomos-stamoulis-9780227178133","title":"Holy Beauty: Prolegomena to an Orthodox Philokalic Aesthetics","description":"The philosophical and theological study of aesthetics has a long and rich history, stretching back to Platos identification of ultimate goodness and beauty, together representing the eternal form. Recent trends in aesthetic theory, however, characterised by a focus on the beautiful at the expense of the good, have made it an object of suspicion in the Orthodox Church. In its place, Greek theologians have sought to emphasise philokalia as a truer theological discipline. Seeking to reverse this trend, Chrysostomos Stamoulis brings into conversation a plethora of voices, from Church fathers to contemporary poets, and from a Marxist political theorist to a literary critic. Out of this dialogue, Stamoulis builds a model for the re-appropriation of Orthodoxys patristic and Byzantine past that is no longer defined in antithesis to the Western present. The openness he proposes allows us to perceive afresh the world shot through with divinity, if only we can lift our gaze to see it. Dismantling the false dichotomy, philokalia or aesthetics, is the first step.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chrysostomos Stamoulis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0227178130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780227178133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e James Clarke Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 21.89lbs","brand":"Chrysostomos Stamoulis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48112853418239,"sku":"9780227178133","price":123.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f8be7158-e4bd-407c-8275-5a7b6c91d5e5.jpg?v=1769611383","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/holy-beauty-chrysostomos-stamoulis-9780227178133","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}