Art and Soul Signposts for Christians in the Arts

Name: Art and Soul Signposts for Christians in the Arts
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ISBN: 9780830826742

ISBN-10: 0830826742

ISBN-13: 9780830826742

Edition: 2nd 2001

Authors: Hilary Brand, Adrienne Chaplin

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More Christians than ever before are studying and working in music, painting, sculpture, theater, television, film, architecture and more. Are you one of them?If so, you, like artists in every discipline, face the challenge of working in a way that is both wholly Christian and wholly contemporary. Hilary Brand and Adrienne Chaplin have written this practical and inspirational guide for you.In Art & Soul you'll find encouragement for developing a Christian worldview from which you can approach your craft. Here the best teaching on Christianity and the arts during the past fifty years is digested and reapplied, supported by a wealth of quotes from artists, critics and Christian thinkers.A…

Book details

List price: $38.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 11/27/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.386



Preface


Foreword



Foreword



Introduction



Deconstructed, Disillusioned and Distrusted: Conflicting influences on the Christian artist



Art in a post-modern age



Art and the quest for the spiritual



Art and a suspicious church



Garden, Serpent and Sacrifice: Returning to primary sources



Art and the Bible



Art and a playful God



Art and a fallen world



Art and the possibility of redemption



Worldview, Worship and the Work of Art: Applying the Bible to some basic art issues



Art and an integrated worldview



Art as a valid Christian activity



Art as a means of worship



Art in its rightful place



Seeing, Weighing and Interpreting: Some attempts at definition and pointers for assessment



Art and a way of seeing



Art and blurred boundaries



Art and how it works



Art and interpretation



Rooted, Respectful and Real: Some ways forward for Christians in the arts



Art and new technology



Art as honest labour



Art as a proper job



Art as a twenty-first century calling


Notes


List of Illustrations


Further Reading


Useful Contacts


Index