Thesis (MTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2014. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to investigate if American Orthodox theologian David
Bentley Hart's use of the classical Thomistic principle of the analogia entis (in his
monograph The Beauty of the Infinite: The Aesthetics of Christian Truth), can be
deemed to be a valid, responsible and beneficial manner of affirming a continuity
between the beauty of God and the beauty of creation, and opposing the
seemingly problematic worldview of dualism.
After reviewing a selection of works in the field of theological aesthetics, this study
is conducted both as a historical analysis and a systematic exposition on the
analogia entis, by critically examining the use (and critique) of analogy and the
analogy of being in Greek (Aristotle), Scholastic (Thomas Aquinas) and 20th
century thought (Erich Przywara, Karl Barth and Hans Urs von Balthasar), before
inspecting and ultimately affirming David Bentley Hart’s own use thereof (in
regards to the beauty of God and the beauty of creation). / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie studie is om ondersoek in te stel of die Amerikaanse
Ortodokse teoloog David Bentley Hart se gebruik van die klassieke Thomistiese
beginsel van die analogia entis (in sy monografie The Beauty of the Infinite: The
Aesthetics of Christian Truth) as geldige, verantwoordelike en voordelige wyse
geag kan work om 'n kontinuïteit tussen die skoonheid van God en die skoonheid
van die skepping te bevestig, en sodoende die oënskynlike problematiese
wêreldbeskouing van dualisme aan te spreek.
Na die beskouing van 'n reeks werke in die veld van teologiese estetika, fokus
hierdie studie op beide die historiese analise en die sistematiese uiteensetting
van die analogia entis, deur die gebruik (en ook kritiek) van analogie en die
synsanalogie in Griekse (Aristoteles), Skolastiese (Thomas Aquinas) en 20ste
eeuse denke (Erich Przywara, Karl Barth en Hans Urs von Balthasar) onder die
loep te neem, waarna David Bentley Hart se eie gebruik daarvan (in terme van
die skoonheid van God en die skoonheid van die skepping) ondersoek en
uiteindelik bevestig word.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/86700 |
| Date | 04 1900 |
| Creators | Havenga, Marnus |
| Contributors | Vosloo R. R., Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Theology. Dept. of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | vii, 125 p. |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University |
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