A published model of ecclesial renewal based on theological aesthetics

The Psychology of Beauty

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Zhang, J. W., Piff, P. K., Iyer, R., Koleva, S., & Keltner, D. (2014). An occasion for unselfing: Beautiful nature leads to prosociality. Journal of environmental psychology, 37, 61-72.