Gustavo TorresUnit 9: A Liturgical Theology of SavoringThe concluding section of our course on Performing Beauty: Liturgy, Theology and Aesthetics focused on poetry. In this week’s reflection…May 10, 2021May 10, 2021
Gustavo TorresUnit 8: A Liturgical Theology of BeholdingIn this week’s course reflection question, Dr. O’Malley asked, “What do you find yourself gazing upon? How do these images form you?” In…May 4, 2021May 4, 2021
Gustavo TorresUnit 7: A Liturgical Theology of AttuningIn Jeremy Begbie’s book, Theology, Music and Time, one realizes how truly complex music is. When reading this book, I couldn’t help but…Apr 26, 2021Apr 26, 2021
Gustavo TorresUnit 6: A Liturgical Theology of DwellingIn Richard Kieckhefer’s book, Theology in Stone Church Architecture from Byzantium to Berkeley, one gains an understanding of church…Apr 13, 2021Apr 13, 2021
Gustavo TorresUnit 5: Medieval Christianity, Liturgy, and the AestheticIn Sister Ann Astell’s book, Eating Beauty, one gains an understanding of this title in both the physical and spiritual sense of the…Mar 28, 2021Mar 28, 2021
Gustavo TorresUnit 4: Early Christianity, Liturgy, and the AestheticAt Mission Dolores Basilica I am part of the RCIA team. My favorite part about being on the team is partaking in the journey of our…Mar 8, 2021Mar 8, 2021
Gustavo TorresUnit 3- An Aesthetic Liturgical TheologyAesthetics is the appreciation of beauty. In spirituality, beauty is beyond what is pleasurable to the eye drawing us to a deeper sense of…Feb 22, 2021Feb 22, 2021
Gustavo TorresUnit 2- Theological Foundations of the AestheticDivine Revelation is beautiful because it is emotive in displaying the immense love that God has for us. In Han Urs Von Balthasar’s Love…Feb 16, 2021Feb 16, 2021
Gustavo TorresUnit 1- Art and BeautyDiego Rivera’s Flower Carrier has always evoked great joy within me. My grandmother had a replica of this painting in her kitchen on the…Feb 1, 2021Feb 1, 2021
