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- Bonaventure, the Body, and the Aesthetics of Salvation
- Bonaventure, the Body, and the Aesthetics of Salvation
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Bonaventure’s Aesthetic Vision
- 2 Beauty and the Soul’s Ascent in the Collations on the Six Days
- 3 The Journey of the Body to God
- 4 Transfiguration in the Tree of Life
- 5 Corporeality Reclaimed in The Major Life of Francis
- 6 Paschal Bodies
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - Transfiguration in the Tree of Life
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 November 2019
- Bonaventure, the Body, and the Aesthetics of Salvation
- Bonaventure, the Body, and the Aesthetics of Salvation
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Bonaventure’s Aesthetic Vision
- 2 Beauty and the Soul’s Ascent in the Collations on the Six Days
- 3 The Journey of the Body to God
- 4 Transfiguration in the Tree of Life
- 5 Corporeality Reclaimed in The Major Life of Francis
- 6 Paschal Bodies
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
We come now to the central, Christological chapter of this study. We have seen how the self’s failure to contemplate creation disrupts its salvific journey, severing body from soul and abandoning corporeality to an irreversible “dimness.” Now the question begs asking: If in this world corporeality must always bear the marks of abandonment, how is it possible to speak of its redemption? If redemption is possible, what can it look like? How can there be beauty in a body that must die?
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- Bonaventure, the Body, and the Aesthetics of Salvation , pp. 102 - 134Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019