Art and faith : a theology of making / Makoto Fujimura; foreword by N. T. Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fujimura, Makoto, 1960- author.

Wright, N. T. (Nicholas Thomas), author of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creative ability--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Creative ability.

Spiritual life.

Physical Description:

xiii, 167 pages ; 20 cm

Other Title:

Art + faith

Place of Publication:

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2020.

Summary:

From a world-renowned painter, an exploration of creativity's quintessential-and often overlooked-role in the spiritual life. Written over thirty years of painting and creating in his studio, this book is Makoto Fujimura's broad and deep exploration of creativity and the spiritual aspects of "making." What he does in the studio, he asserts, is theological work as much as it is aesthetic work. In between pouring precious, pulverized minerals onto handmade paper to create the prismatic, refractive surfaces of his art, he comes into the quiet space in the studio, in a discipline of awareness, waiting, prayer, and praise. Ranging from the Bible to T. S. Eliot, and from Mark Rothko to Japanese Kintsugi technique, he shows how unless we are making something, we cannot know the depth of God's being and God's grace permeating our lives. This poignant and beautiful book offers the perspective of, in Christian Wiman's words, "an accidental theologian," one who comes to spiritual questions always through the prism of art.

Contents:

The sacred art of creating

The divine nature of creativity

Beauty, mercy, and the new creation

Kintsugi: The "New Newness"

Caring and loving, the work of making

Seeing the future with the eyes of the heart

Imagination and faith

The journey to the new through Christ's tears

Christ's tears in the cultural river

Lazarus culture.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780300254143

0300254148

OCLC:

1146587753

Publisher Number:

99986503493