Art and Faith is part personal testimony, part theological aesthetics, and part aesthetic theology. Fujimura’s aim goes beyond asking the church to take the arts seriously. What he is after is a paradigm shift in the way Christians construe the life of faith and our relationship to the world.
Beauty in the Time of Culture Wars: A Review of “Culture Care”
In his book Culture Care, Makoto Fujimura describes how our culture is influenced by a post-industrial, utilitarian view of life: life is a battle to compete for resources, which are growing increasingly scarce.
Visual Art: Cultivating Christian Viewers
In visual artist, metaphors are directly correlated to the design process and linked to form-making. It is through the potential of the metaphor that an image can transcend the vividness and veracity of form.
We Create Because God Created First
The first thing we know about God and His character—before anything else—was that He created, profoundly speaking the very existence of something into being without canvas, brush, paint, wood, metal or even clay for that matter.
The Mars Rover, the Power of the Particular, and Love
“Poetry appeals to, and enlarges, our human capacity to know something deeply and, in that way, to love it.”
Poetry, Madness, and a Cat Named Jeoffry
“Finding time for poetry in the middle of our sometimes-frenzied lives can help us live more deliberately.”
The Top Ten Movies of 2016
Josh Larsen, film critic and author, shares his top ten movie picks of 2016.
Created by the Creator God
Creating is part of who we are as human beings. We were made to create, to “tend and care for the earth,” and to unfold and discover the wonders of God’s universe.
The Antidote for Dishonesty in Art
If you want to know what an honest song is then look to the Psalms. They cover every kind of human emotion. John Calvin talks about the Psalms as “an anatomy for all parts of the soul.” They are prayers that capture the totality of the human experience.
What Makes Music Christian?
The question is obviously complex, and it surely involves our heart as much as our musical skill.
The Relationship Between Faith and Art
If the earth is the Lord’s and fullness thereof, everything in it belongs to our Creator and Redeemer. For culture, and particularly the arts, this means we do not need make judgments upon what is and isn’t Christian.
Faith Shapes My Design
As someone who works in the medium of film and video, I find it disconcerting for people to assume I’m not creating Christian art because my films aren’t full of Bible verses or don’t contain the shadow of a cross falling across someone’s face at a crucial moment.
A Mathematician’s Apology
To a mathematician, mathematics is about solving problems. Mathematics is not just a collection of “facts” about the numerical and spatial aspects of the world, it is a process by which we use and develop them. The interesting part is in the reasoning, the justification, and the way different concepts are brought together to answer a question.
What is Art?
Three views by three artists on the definition of what art is. Do you agree with their views?