Art seeking understanding / David Lyle Jeffrey and Robert C. Roberts, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jeffrey, David Lyle, 1941-

Roberts, Robert Campbell, 1942-

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and the arts.

Aesthetics--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Aesthetics.

Physical Description:

xiii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press , [2024].

Contents:

Art and understanding in biblical poetry / David Lyle Jeffrey

God's pentateuchal poesy : why does the Lord speak in poetry in the Torah (and in other places too)? / Brent A. Strawn

Bonaventure on the arts : toward a theology of verbal poiesis / Phillip J. Donnelly

Something understood : George Herbert and Francis Bacon in dialogue / Katherine Calloway

Artworks and the increase of Christian wisdom / Robert C. Roberts

The hope of recognition / Christina Carnes Ananias

Jacques Maritain, art, and the varieties of transcendence / Thomas Hibbs

Psalm 137, the Harlem Renaissance, and the function of poetic form / Abram Van Engen

De musica dei : music, mimesis, and theological representation / Barry Harvey

To understand or to be understood : a poet's perspective / Michael O'Siadhail

The space between : a sculptor's journey among the mysteries, wonders, and paradoxes inhabiting the space between the Genesis and the Revelation of an artwork / Douwe Blumberg

Art's under-standing : culture care and a theology of making / Makoto Fujimura

Art seeking understanding : the awkwardness of music / Jeremy Begbie

epilogue / David Lyle Jeffrey.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

1481320432

9781481320436

OCLC:

1390680112