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Pierluigi Lia

L'estetica teologica di Bernardo di Chiaravalle

HB pp. XXVI-593, € 64,00

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2007
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978-88-8450-224-7
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Despite the extensive bibliography on St. Bernard, this study is an unicum. It blends theological, architectonic, linguistic, and musical analyses to reveal that the profiles of the Abbey of Clairvaux studied individually in various disciplines find reason and unity in a unified, compact aesthetic. His theological vision, concentrated on a love relationship with the Word Of God, expresses itself not only in the dictation of his writings, but equally in the refined form of their language, in the unmistakable characters of his architecture, in the reform program of liturgical song. A clear theological aesthetic that thoroughly defines Bernard's identity and mission emerges from the synoptic analysis of these areas. This aesthetic calls into question the competence of the theologian, attentive to the charismatic particularity of ecclesiastic faith. Here the theologian assumes, for the first time, the task of showing how the theological vision of Bernard shapes the articulated "linguistic" universe with which he calls the Church into question.
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