Metamorphosen des Heiligen

'Metamorphoses of the holy' denotes the changing aesthetic presentation of the sacred which is connected to the creation and institutionalization of religion as art. The focus of the essays in this volume is the structure and dynamic of this process, something which affects all art genres. The sacralization of aesthetic subjectivity is prerequisite to religion as art as evidenced by the belief in the partaking of the sacred through aesthetic experience. On the basis of aesthetic subjectivity's sacralization, it becomes possible to interpret its various forms of expression as witnesses to the holy and award them a fitting reception. These contributions dedicate themselves to an interdisciplinary scrutiny of religion as art and its cross-points of reference with political and civil religion.

Hermann Deuser (Herausgegeben von) Geboren 1946; Studium der Ev. Theologie, Philosophie und Germanistik; 1973 Promotion; 1978 Habilitation; Prof. em. für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie an der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main; Fellow am Max-Weber-Kolleg der Universität Erfurt. Markus Kleinert (Herausgegeben von) Geboren 1974; Studium der Germanistik und Philosophie; 2003 Promotion; 2003-08 Assistent für Philosophie/Kunsttheorie an der Akademie der Bildenden Künste München; seit 2008 wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Max-Weber-Kolleg der Universität Erfurt (Leitung der Kierkegaard-Forschungsstelle). Magnus Schlette (Herausgegeben von) Head of the Department of Theology and Science at the Research Center of the Protestant Study Community; Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Heidelberg. Mentor in the graduate program "Authority and Trust in the US" at the HCA.