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Theology and the Arts

by David Baily Harned

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
  • 13.8 x 21.1 x 1.6 cm

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Description: This treatise on the importance of what the artist does--especially the man of letters--examines recent Christian appraisals of the creative enterprise and argues that Protestant interpretations of culture today are marred by their departure from Biblical faith in God as Creator. Today, theologians find themselves writing more and more about painting, music, poetry, drama, and the novel. Many are convinced that no definition of man or interpretation of his condition is adequate if it ignores man as a creator. Some Christian writers have been content to explore the possibilities of new dialogue between religion and the arts. Others have sought to develop a theology of art--a systematic interpretation of what artists are doing, why they are doing it, and what it means in the context of the Christian story about nature, man, and God. In doing so, they have used either the image of creation, the cross, or consummation as their point of departure for an interpretation of the artist's venture. Dr. Harned examines the merits and problems involved in the use of each image for the appraisal of the human enterprise and contends that consummation must use the doctrine of God as Creator in order to be useful to contemporary Christianity. He emphasizes the need for Protestantism to recover the idea of ""the natural"" and defines it in a way congruent with the theology of the Reformers. Here are insightful answers for all who want to understand the importance of the arts, why theologians are concerned with literature and painting, and how that concern has been expressed.
Theology and the Arts and C. S. Lewis and Friends
C. S. Lewis and FriendsTheology and the Arts

  • Author

    David Baily Harned

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    Wipf & Stock Publishers

  • Published

    April 2014

  • Weight

    259g

  • Dimensions

    13.8 x 21.1 x 1.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9781625648068

  • ISBN-10

    1625648065

  • Eden Code

    4940742

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