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Real Presences

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Can there be major dimensions of a poem, a painting, a musical composition created in the absence of God? Or, is God always a real presence in the arts? Steiner passionately argues that a transcendent reality grounds all genuine art and human communication.

"A real tour de force. . . . All the virtues of the author's astounding intelligence and compelling rhetoric are evident from the first sentence onward."—Anthony C. Yu, Journal of Religion

Language: English

Pages: 236

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Release: April 23, 1991

ISBN: 0226772349

ISBN 13: 9780226772349

Real Presences

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Can there be major dimensions of a poem, a painting, a musical composition created in the absence of God? Or, is God always a real presence in the arts? Steiner passionately argues that a transcendent reality grounds all genuine art and human communication.

"A real tour de force. . . . All the virtues of the author's astounding intelligence and compelling rhetoric are evident from the first sentence onward."—Anthony C. Yu, Journal of Religion

Language: English

Pages: 236

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Release: April 23, 1991

ISBN: 0226772349

ISBN 13: 9780226772349

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