God after Metaphysics: A Theological Aesthetic

While philosophy believes it is impossible to have an experience of God
without the senses, theology claims that such an experience is possible, though
potentially idolatrous. In this engagingly creative book, John Panteleimon
Manoussakis ends the impasse by proposing an aesthetic allowing for a sensuous
experience of God that is not subordinated to imposed categories or concepts.
Manoussakis draws upon the theological traditions of the Eastern Church, including
patristic and liturgical resources, to build a theological aesthetic founded on the
inverted gaze of icons, the augmented language of hymns, and the reciprocity of
touch. Manoussakis explores how a relational interpretation of being develops a
fuller and more meaningful view of the phenomenology of religious experience beyond
metaphysics and onto-theology.