Why should the church be involved in the arts? What are the roles that the arts play in the religious life? How does art reveal the presence of God? What is the relationship between the spiritual and the aesthetic? What is the connection between Christian symbols and their artistic expression? How can the arts be used in the practice of ministry and worship? A renewed interest in this fertile and provocative interplay between religion and the arts is causing these questions to be posed more persistently now in both academic and church settings. The essays in Arts, Theology, and the Church provoke and ponder such questions and combine to create this foundational work that offers new understandings about the relationship of the arts to theology, history, and the practice of ministry in the church. Contributors: Doug Adams Mary Farrell Bednarowski Bruce Birch Frank Burch Brown Sid Fowler Robin M. Jensen Cindi Beth Johnson Deborah Haynes Don Saliers Kimberly Vrundy Jann Cather Weaver Wilson Yates |
