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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jeffrey L. KoskyPublisher: The University of Chicago Press Imprint: University of Chicago Press Dimensions: Width: 1.50cm , Height: 0.20cm , Length: 2.30cm Weight: 0.510kg ISBN: 9780226411804ISBN 10: 022641180 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 01 October 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews[Kosky] faults both religionists and secularists--the first for unduly wanting to impose traditional religious images and concepts on contemporary art and the second for peremptorily excluding any traditionally religious consideration. . . . [Arts of Wonder] is a persuasive answer to the objections of both religionists and secularists and serves to remind us what brilliant interpretations can do. . . . The book fulfills its goal of detecting and deciphering human reality by means of what Clifford Geertz called 'thick interpretation'--here of twenty-nine engaging pieces of art. This study accordingly contributes to a wide range of disciplines--psychology, cosmology, philosophy, and anthropology--especially theology and the history of art. --Mary Gerhart Journal of Religion [Kosky] faults both religionists and secularists the first for unduly wanting to impose traditional religious images and concepts on contemporary art and the second for peremptorily excluding any traditionally religious consideration. . . . [Arts of Wonder] is a persuasive answer to the objections of both religionists and secularists and serves to remind us what brilliant interpretations can do. . . . The book fulfills its goal of detecting and deciphering human reality by means of what Clifford Geertz called thick interpretation here of twenty-nine engaging pieces of art. This study accordingly contributes to a wide range of disciplines psychology, cosmology, philosophy, and anthropology especially theology and the history of art. --Mary Gerhart Journal of Religion [Kosky] faults both religionists and secularists the first for unduly wanting to impose traditional religious images and concepts on contemporary art and the second for peremptorily excluding any traditionally religious consideration. . . . [ Arts of Wonder ] is a persuasive answer to the objections of both religionists and secularists and serves to remind us what brilliant interpretations can do. . . . The book fulfills its goal of detecting and deciphering human reality by means of what Clifford Geertz called thick interpretation here of twenty-nine engaging pieces of art. This study accordingly contributes to a wide range of disciplines psychology, cosmology, philosophy, and anthropology especially theology and the history of art. --Mary Gerhart Journal of Religion [Kosky] faults both religionists and secularists--the first for unduly wanting to impose traditional religious images and concepts on contemporary art and the second for peremptorily excluding any traditionally religious consideration. . . . [Arts of Wonder] is a persuasive answer to the objections of both religionists and secularists and serves to remind us what brilliant interpretations can do. . . . The book fulfills its goal of detecting and deciphering human reality by means of what Clifford Geertz called 'thick interpretation'--here of twenty-nine engaging pieces of art. This study accordingly contributes to a wide range of disciplines--psychology, cosmology, philosophy, and anthropology--especially theology and the history of art. --Mary Gerhart Journal of Religion Author InformationJeffrey L. Kosky is professor in the Department of Religion at Washington & Lee University in Virginia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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