Engaging Culture

Art, Theology, and Worship in Dialogue

By: William A Dyrness

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Paperback | 1 November 2001

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How can art enhance and enrich the Christian faith? What is the basis for a relationship between the church and visual imagery? Can the art world and the Protestant church be reconciled? Is art idolatry and vanity, or can it be used to strengthen the church? Grounded in historical and biblical research, William Dyrness offers students and scholars an intriguing, substantive look into the relationship between the church and the world of art. Faith and art were not always discordant. According to Dyrness, Israel understood imagery and beauty as reflections of God's perfect order; likewise, early Christians used art to teach and inspire. However, the Protestant church abandoned visual arts and imagery during the Reformation in favor of the written word and has only recently begun to reexamine art's role in Christianity and worship. Dyrness affirms this renewal and argues that art, if reflecting the order and wholeness of the world God created, can and should play an important role in modern Christianity.

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Non-Fiction Arts & Entertainment Art Treatments & Subjects Religious Subjects Depicted in Art Religion & Beliefs Christianity Christian Life & Practice Christian Worship, Rites & Ceremonies Christian Theology

List of Illustrations	p. 7
Preface	p. 9
Introduction: The Uneasy Relationship between Art and Faith	p. 11
Development of the Visual Arts from the Early Church to the Middle Ages	p. 25
Development of the Visual Arts from the Reformation to the Twenty-First Century	p. 51
Art and the Biblical Drama	p. 69
Reflecting Theologically on the Visual Arts	p. 87
Contemporary Challenges for Christians and the Arts	p. 103
A New Opportunity for Christian Involvement in the Arts	p. 121
Making and Looking at Art	p. 139
Conclusion: Dreaming Dreams and Seeing Visions	p. 155
Notes	p. 163
Bibliography	p. 177
Subject Index	p. 181
Scripture Index	p. 187
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Engaging Culture

Art, Theology, and Worship in Dialogue

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