{"product_id":"through-the-dark-field-the-incarnation-through-an-aesthetics-of-vulnerability-paperback","title":"Through the Dark Field: The Incarnation Through an Aesthetics of Vulnerability - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusie Paulik Babka\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheological discourse in the West has consistently valued the word over the image. Aesthetics, which discerns the criteria and value of the beautiful and what \"pleases the senses,\" is the discipline that prioritizes sensual intelligence over the rational; this book advocates a reconsideration of the doctrine of the incarnation through an aesthetics of vulnerability, in which the ethical optics of attention to the vulnerable other becomes the standpoint in which to ponder the significance of \"God became human.\" Relying on such diverse thinkers as Emmanuel Levinas, Maurice Blanchot, Karl Rahner, and Masao Abe, Susie Paulik Babka explores visual art, images, and poetry as theological sources, designating what Blanchot called \"a region where impossibility is no longer deprivation, but affirmation.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 338\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 23, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42597092622432,"sku":"9780814680735","price":48.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/SU5WWTdzK2NRMGZHVW02YzlDRWhsUT09.webp?v=1771707333","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/through-the-dark-field-the-incarnation-through-an-aesthetics-of-vulnerability-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}