Reflections on Art at Chichester Cathedral: The Piper Tapestry
Editor’s Note: This article is the second in a series by Naomi Billingsley, who will be writing on reflections on art at Chichester Cathedral. In my…
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Review: Art and Religion in the 21st Century
Aaron Rosen. Art and Religion in the 21st Century. London: Thames and Hudson, 2015, 256 pp., £32.00 hardcover. In his latest publication, Aaron Rosen,…
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A New Members’ Class: Why Christians Should Join the Art Museum (without Leaving the Church)
Several years ago, when our oldest daughter was just three, we visited the Art Institute of Chicago. Our visit to the museum capped off…
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Barth, Mozart, and the Shadow-side of Creation
In the midst of expositing the doctrine of Creation that takes up the third volume of his Church Dogmatics, Karl Barth addresses das Nichtige:…
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Review: QU4RTETS
Makoto Fujimura, Bruce Herman, and Christopher Theofanidis. QU4RTETS. New York: Fujimura Institute, 2012, 90 pp., $30.00 paper. This catalogue was published to coincide with the…
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A Curator Among Theologians: Suggested Reading
Editor’s Note: As a continuation of Christopher R. Brewer’s recent series engaging the work of Daniel A. Siedell, and, more specifically, as a sort…
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Art Appreciation in the Church: Two Approaches
In a symposium considering ‘art appreciation’, it seems appropriate to consider its definition. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, ‘appreciation’ involves ‘[t]he action of…
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Is Your Church Subcontracting Cultural Discernment?
Why do you read what you read? Is it because a teacher tells you or because a friend hands you a stack of books…
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Appreciating Art (and the Artist) Through Eternity: …and why it’s OK to Appreciate Art
It’s certainly a strange phenomenon that all artists, poets, musicians, painters are unfortunate in the material sense — even the happy ones…That rakes up…
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