The Substance of Things Seen: Art, Faith, and the Christian CommunityWm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 10. nov. 2004 - 152 sider While the average person rarely sees it, the visual arts play a subtle yet profound role in the teaching and formation of faith, both for individuals and religious communities. The Substance of Things Seen explores the intersection of art and faith, offering thoughtful reflections on the way art functions in Christian life and practice. Highly readable and featuring instructive illustrations, this book is meant to engage church leaders as well as artists in constructive conversation about the critical role that art can play in the renewal of Christian education, worship, and study. It also challenges anyone who thinks the arts are only of marginal importance to the religious life. Robin Jensen considers here a broad range of topics relevant to Christian faith and culture, including the construction of sacred space, the use of art in worship and spiritual formation, the way that visual art interprets sacred texts, and the power and danger of art from a historical and contemporary perspective. |
Indhold
Visual Art and Spiritual Formation in Christian Tradition | 1 |
Visual Exegesis Sacred Text and Narrative Art in Early Christianity | 27 |
Idol or Icon? The Invisible and the Incarnate God | 51 |
Beyond the Decorative and Didactic The Uses of Art in the Church | 75 |
Holy Places and Sacred Spaces | 101 |
The Beautiful and the Disturbing Art Taste and Religious Value | 125 |
Almindelige termer og sætninger
Abraham aesthetic altar altarpiece ancient Andres Serrano architecture artists artworks Augustine baptism beauty Bernard of Clairvaux biblical Byzantine Empire century Christ church building color congregation contemporary context critics culture delight divine early Christian Edwina Sandys Egeria engage especially example experience faith figure G. K. Chesterton Georg Baselitz historical holy human iconoclastic iconodules iconography icons idea idol idolatry imagination inspiration interpretation invisible Isaac Isenheim altarpiece Jesus John Cassian Jonah kind Lazarium liturgy look meaning memory mind moral narrative object offer Ofili painting particular Paulinus perhaps pilgrims portrayed prayer present Protestant Protestant Reformers religious representation representational art sacred space saints scene Scripture secular sense shape significant sometimes spiritual story style symbol taste teaching theologians theological things tion tive tomb tradition trans transcendent truth understand values viewer visual art visual images words worship space
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