Aesthetics in the Ecotheology of Sallie McFague: A Critique and a Proposal for a Theological Aesthetics of Nature

<p>This dissertation focuses on the ecological theology of Sallie McFague, who, as part of her work, employs the use of aesthetics. This study recognizes her contribution and then seeks to build upon it. <br /> In aim of this goal, a limited history of aesthetics in the Western tradition is surveyed and attention is given to three significant contemporary scholars in the field of aesthetics and nature/environment (Emily Brady, Allen Carlson, and Arnold Berleant). While this work intended to propose the rudiments of a Theological Aesthetics of Nature, we find that nature and culture are so intertwined that what is initially called for is a framework for a Theological Aesthetics of the Environment that supports approaching the environment of nature and culture with a sense of the unknown and with questions.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

PhD

Level thesis:degree_level

Immediate Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Theology

Year dc:date.available

2009

Author dc:creator

• Cancienne, Mary-Paula

Contributors dc:contributor

• Marie Baird
• Gerald Boodoo
• Elizabeth Agnes Cochran

• aesthetics
• nature
• culture
• Sallie McFague
• environment
• ecology
• Religion

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/236

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dsc.duq.edu:etd-1249