The Art of Christian Reflection / Heidi J. Hornik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hornik, Heidi J., 1962- author, compiler.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian life.

Christianity and the arts.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Baylor University Press : Waco, Texas, [2018]

Summary:

Contemporary Christians interact with art very differently than Christians of centuries past. Christian art was never intended for mere enjoyment, but was used to express the most important features of Christian faith and to suggest models for Christian practices. In TheArt of Christian Reflection, art historian Heidi Hornik reconnects art to ethics, beauty to behavior, and form to function in classical artwork. Over eighty different pieces of art--paintings, sculptures, and architecture--are the subject of Hornik's careful analysis and commentary, which highlights the ethical implications inherent to each work. Specifically, Hornik explores how art may foster Christian virtues such as forgiveness, patience, and generosity. Hornik also discusses art's influence on moral issues such as racism, prisons, violence, poverty, and environmentalism as well as historic Christian praxes such as prayer, work, Bible study, and worship. TheArt of Christian Reflection paints the church'sart as not only a courageous witness to the truth and reality of the gospel, but asan act of discipleship. It reveals the ethics of works not associated with the church but of value to contemporary Christians. Art can lead the faithful who reflect on it to become not only "hearers" and "seers" of the Word--but "doers" as well.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781481308649

1481308645

9781481304283

1481304283

OCLC:

1057238491