T&T Clark Handbook of Theology and the Arts

List of Figures

Notes on Contributors

Foreword by Mako Fujimara

Preface

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Editors' Introduction - Sketching the contours of the contemporary theology-arts conversation

Part I: Different Approaches to the Theology-Arts Conversation

1. Theologies of Art - Trevor Hart (University of St Andrews, UK)

2. Theology Through the Arts - Jeremy Begbie (Duke Divinity School, USA)

3. Art as Theology - David Brown (University of St Andrews, UK)

4. The Correlation of Theology and Art - Wessel Stoker (Free University, The Netherlands)

5. Theopoetics of the Broken Form - Heather Walton (Glasgow University, UK)


Part II: Form and Mutual Formation of Theology and the Arts

Theology and Artistic Forms

6. A soul beautifully disposed' Embodied participation and the re-forming work of music - Jeffery Ames (Belmont University, USA) and Steven R. Guthrie (Belmont University, USA)

7. 'In the beginning was...' How poetry breaks open the theological Word - Rachel Mann (Manchester Cathedral, UK)

8. Why Lyric? A Theological Perspective - Elizabeth S. Dodd (Sarum College, UK)

9. The Novel - Alison Milbank (University of Nottingham, UK)

10. Drama, theatre and theology - Shannon Craigo-Snell (Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, USA) and Todd E. Johnson (Fuller Studio, USA)

11. Dancing as creatures do - Ellen F. Davis (Duke Divinity School, USA), Elisa Schroth (Ekklesia Contemporary Ballet, USA) and Morley van Yperen (Ekklesia Contemporary Ballet)

12. Visual art as practical theology: learning from Theaster Gates - William Dyrness (Fuller Theological Seminary, USA) and Maria Fee (Independent Theologian and Artist, USA)

13. How film can foster theological insight - Robert Johnston (Fuller Theological Seminary, USA)

14. The theological importance of play: engaging with popular culture - Clive Marsh (Queen's Foundation, UK) and Adam Sanders (Oral Roberts University, USA)

15. Theology in location: architecture as a medium of theological exploration - Murray Rae (Univeristy of Otago, New Zealand)

Art and Theological Traditions

16. A Thomistic perspective on the conversation between theology and the arts - Lawrence Feingold (St Paul Center, USA)

17. The theophanic image: theology and art in the Orthodox icon - C.A. Tsakiridou (La Salle University, USA)

18. Theology, the arts and the Reformed tradition - Adrienne Dengerink Chaplin (King's College, London) and Peter S. Smith (Independent Artist, UK)

19. Re-engaged imagination: Evangelicals in theology and the arts - Taylor Worley (Wheaton College, USA)

20. Give me that old-time religion! Towards a Black Pentecostal aesthetics - Dulcie Dixon McKenzie (The Queen's Foundation, UK)

Part III: Prevalent Themes in the Theology-Arts Conversation

Theological performance

21. Trinity, incarnation and the creative act - Katherine Sonderegger (Virginia Theological Seminary, USA) and Margaret Adams Parker (Independent Artist, USA)

22. Art, creation and grace - Thomas Gardner (University of the Arts London, UK)

23. Beauty and revelation: this great absence. A conversation between theology and sculpture - Carol Harrison (University of Oxford, UK) and Charles Hewlings (Independent Artist, UK)

24. 'My name is Legion!' Biblical exegesis, embodiment and the visual arts - Christine E. Joynes (University of Oxford, UK)

25. 'Monotonous rhythm on the heart of God?' Drumming, theological aesthetics and Christianity in the Caribbean - Anna Kasafi Perkins (The University of the West Indies, Jamaica) and Carlton Turner (The Queen's Foundation, UK)

26. Christianity and tragedy - Richard Harries (Gresham College, UK)

27. Sin and redemption: an exploration of the musical fragment - Ferdia J. Stone-Davis (University of Cambridge, UK)

28. Imagining the end: eschatology in art and literature - Judith Wolfe (University of St Andrews, UK)

29. Liturgy and the arts - W. David O. Taylor (Fuller Theological Seminary, USA)

30. Sacrament, the arts and the performance of the Christian theological imagination - R. David Nelson (Baker Academic, USA)

31. Flagships of the imagination, hope and freedom: cathedrals and visual art - Julie Gittoes (St Augustine's College of Theology, UK)

Artistic performance

32. Creativity, freedom and the artist's vocation - George Corbett (University of St Andrews, UK)

33. Imagination as a means of freedom and healing - Carlene J. Brown (Seattle Pacific University, USA) and Kerry Dearborn (Seattle Pacific University)

34. Space and time through the built environment - Timothy J. Gorringe (University of Exeter, UK)

35. The primacy of the gendered body: praxis, method and meaning-making in liberation theology and choreographic research - Christopher-Raheem McMillan (The University of Iowa, USA)

36. Art, theology, race - Brian Bantum (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, USA)

37. Political theology and the arts - Richard Bourne (University of Leeds, UK)

38. Postscript: Theology~Art seeking (re)creative understanding: on seeing and knowing in the context of visual art research - Stephen M. Garrett (Global Scholars, USA)

Index