1st Edition

Explorations in Art, Theology and Imagination

By Michael Ridgwell Austin Copyright 2005
188 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

Christianity has repeatedly valued the "Word" over and above the non-verbal arts. Art has been seen through the interpretative lens of theology, rather than being valued for what it can bring to the discipline. 'Explorations in Art, Theology and Imagination' argues that art is crucially important to theology. The book explores the interconnecting themes of embodiment and incarnation, faith and... Read more
Introduction: 'Art Concealed in the Depths of the Soul'; Part One:; Chapter 1: Art for Whose Sake?; Chapter 2 Art and the Theologians; Chapter 3 Making New Worlds; Chapter 4 Art and the Philosophers; Part Two; Chapter 5 As the Bird Sings; Chapter 6 Tossed Clean into the New; Chapter 7 Did I Love a Dream?; Chapter 8 The Reality of the Really New; Chapter 9 Symbols of the Sublime?; Chapter 10 The Time Came and the Man; Chapter 11 A Glimpse of the Cosmic Dance

Biography

Michael Ridgwell Austin