The Good, the True, and the Beautiful in the Writings of C.S. Lewis
by Louis Markos
More and more in our modern and postmodern culture the twin
concepts of beauty and truth have been separated both from each
other and from their individual connection to the divine source of
Beauty and Truth. Even as our public schools move further and
further away from their connection to the universal moral code, the
world of art (both high and low) embraces an aesthetic that
privileges ugliness ...
While working as a docent in an art gallery, Juliet Benner began
showing people how to meditate on Christian art treasures that are
rooted in a passage of Scripture. She taught a way of encountering
the Word behind both the words of Scripture and the artist's
meditation on Scripture. This became a way of seeing art as an aid
to contemplative prayer. This process resulted in her much-beloved
"O ...
"The lordship of Christ should include an interest in the arts,"
writes Francis Schaeffer. "A Christian should use these arts to the
glory of God, not just as tracts, mind you, but as things of beauty
to the praise of God." Many Christians, wary of creating graven
images, have steered clear of artistic creativity. But the Bible
offers a robust affirmation of the arts. The human impulse to
create ...
Engaging Creativity with Spirituality in the Writing Life
by Vinita Hampton Wright
There is a reason artists tend to feel a sense of the sacred in
their work. It's the same reason those on the path of spiritual
formation find that creative exercises lead them into a deeper,
more authentic experience with God. Creative work is soul work, and
soul work is always creative work. Feeding one while neglecting the
other will leave you restless and unsatisfied. Nurturing them both
will ...
Edited by Daniel J. Treier, Mark Husbands, and Roger Lundin
God. Beauty. Art. Theology. Editors Mark Husbands, Roger Lundin
and Daniel J. Treier present ten essays from the 2006 Wheaton
Theology Conference that explore a Christian approach to beauty and
the arts. Theology has much to contribute in providing a place for
the arts in the Christian life, and the arts have much to
contribute to the quality of Christian life, worship and witness.
The 2006 ...
How the Arts and Sciences Reveal the Genius of Nature
by Benjamin Wiker and Jonathan Witt
Meaningful or meaningless? Purposeful or pointless? When we look
at nature, whether at our living earth or into deepest space, what
do we find? In stark contrast to contemporary claims that the world
is meaningless, Benjamin Wiker and Jonathan Witt reveal a cosmos
charged with both meaning and purpose. Their journey begins with
Shakespeare and ranges through Euclid's geometry, the fine-tuning
...