I. History of the Concept – II. Bible and Theology – III. Systematic and Practical Theology
I. History of the Concept
Beauty – Gk τὸ καλόν/tó kalón, Lat. pulchritudo/pulcher, Ger. die Schönheit, Fr. la beauté – is the positive aesthetic attraction which an object exercises on the beholder by virtue of its felicitous form. In contemplative, aesthetic, and erotic experience beauty is experienced as harmonious and stimulating, as…