Limit search to available items
Book Cover
E-book
Author Anderson, Cameron J., 1953- author.

Title The faithful artist : a vision for evangelicalism and the arts / Cameron J. Anderson
Published Downers Grove, IL : InterVarsity Press, [2016]

Copies

Description 1 online resource
Series Studies in Theology and the Arts ; v.Coming in August
Studies in theology and the arts.
Contents Introduction -- A double-consciousness -- The body they may kill -- Secular Sirens -- Be careful little eyes what you see -- A people of the book and the image -- A semblance of a whole -- The music of the spheres -- An aesthetic pilgrimage
Summary The tension between Christianity and the arts is often real. But it also offers a false dichotomy. Many Christian artists think that they must choose between their faith and their artistic calling. Drawing upon his experiences as both a Christian and a practicing artist, Cameron J. Anderson explores the dynamics of faith and art in this latest volume in IVP Academic's Studies in Theology and the Arts series. Tracing the relationship between evangelicalism and modern art in postwar Americ--two entities that often found themselves at odds with each other--Anderson raises several issues that confront artists. With skill, sensitivity and insight, he considers questions such as the role of our bodies and our senses in our experience of the arts, the relationship between text and image, the persistent dangers of idolatry, the possibility of pursuing God through an encounter with beauty and more. Throughout this study, Anderson's principal concern is how Christian artists can faithfully pursue their vocational calling in contemporary culture. Readers will find here not only an informed and thoughtful response, but also a vision that offers guidance and hope
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher
Subject Christianity and art -- United States
Evangelicalism -- United States
Vocation -- Christianity.
RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Social Issues.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
Christianity and art
Evangelicalism
Vocation -- Christianity
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016017505
ISBN 9780830894420
083089442X