Would it be "narcissistic" to talk about the "aesthetics" of a particular religion

[sidetrack]

At the risk of believers looking more like were on a “high pedestal” to non-believers can it be done or are there ethical problems with doing so ^u^ ?.

It doesn’t only have to be about tangible stuff that communicates an idea like the artwork or fashions of a particular denomination but that why I bring up the question,b/c part of me feels like there’s an “aesthetic” to religion that many overlook .

 

[edward_george]

Considering that religion is how God has revealed himself to us, and that God is Goodness, Truth, and Beauty themselves, then it would be only right to talk about aesthetics in religion–both in terms of artistic quality and in the deeper philosophical speculation on beauty we might call aesthetics. Hans Urs von Balthasar had a six-volume aesthetic reflection upon God called “Theo-dramatics” which seeks to look at this very topic. I don’t see how it would be narcissistic at all–God is the Beautiful, and to seek him requires humility.

-ACEGC