Art and soul: Signposts for Christians in the arts
Downers Grove, Illinois
978095357570
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2nd ed.
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Provides Christians involved in the arts with a guide to approaching their craft from a Christian standpoint while still keeping their work contemporary. Interlaces various biblical themes with the business of creating art and includes black-and-white illustrations.
xvi, 219 p.
23 cm.
ill.
Foreword / Calvin Seerveld --
Foreword / Graham Cray --
pt. 1. Deconstructed, Disillusioned and Distrusted: Conflicting influences on the Christian artist --
1. Art in a post-modern age --
2. Art and the quest for the spiritual --
3. Art and a suspicious church --
pt. 2. Garden, Serpent and Sacrifice: Returning to primary sources --
4. Art and the Bible --
5. Art and a playful God --
6. Art and a fallen world --
7. Art and the possibility of redemption --
pt. 3. Worldview, Worship and the Work of Art: Applying the Bible to some basic art issues --
8. Art and an integrated worldview --
9. Art as a valid Christian activity --
10. Art as a means of worship --
11. Art in its rightful place --
pt. 4. Seeing, Weighing and Interpreting: Some attempts at definition and pointers for assessment --
12. Art and a way of seeing --
13. Art and blurred boundaries --
14. Art and how it works --
15. Art and interpretation --
pt. 5. Rooted, Respectful and Real: Some ways forward for Christians in the arts --
16. Art and new technology --
17. Art as honest labour --
18. Art as a proper job --
19. Art as a twenty-first century calling.
Foreword / Graham Cray --
pt. 1. Deconstructed, Disillusioned and Distrusted: Conflicting influences on the Christian artist --
1. Art in a post-modern age --
2. Art and the quest for the spiritual --
3. Art and a suspicious church --
pt. 2. Garden, Serpent and Sacrifice: Returning to primary sources --
4. Art and the Bible --
5. Art and a playful God --
6. Art and a fallen world --
7. Art and the possibility of redemption --
pt. 3. Worldview, Worship and the Work of Art: Applying the Bible to some basic art issues --
8. Art and an integrated worldview --
9. Art as a valid Christian activity --
10. Art as a means of worship --
11. Art in its rightful place --
pt. 4. Seeing, Weighing and Interpreting: Some attempts at definition and pointers for assessment --
12. Art and a way of seeing --
13. Art and blurred boundaries --
14. Art and how it works --
15. Art and interpretation --
pt. 5. Rooted, Respectful and Real: Some ways forward for Christians in the arts --
16. Art and new technology --
17. Art as honest labour --
18. Art as a proper job --
19. Art as a twenty-first century calling.
| Access no. | Call number | Location | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01943/16 | 261.57 Bra A | Library - 7th Floor | CLC | Available |
| 00545/09 | 261.57 Bra A | Library - 7th Floor | CLC | Available |
