Translucence
Subtitle: Religion, the Arts, and Imagination
Contributors: Carol Gilbertson (Editor); Gregg Muilenburg (Editor)
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Published: September 17, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780800660895
Subjects: Christianity; History Of Art / Art & Design Styles; Religious subjects depicted in art; Religion - Commentaries / Reference; Christianity and the arts; Art; Spirituality - General; Philosophy; Christianity - General; Subjects & Themes - Religious; Congresses
First sentence: The world we live in is glorious, both because it is God's excellent creation and because it is a translucent medium through which shines the divine reality that is the world's ground and goal.
Description: "An ongoing seminar of leading Lutheran theologians and scholars took the arts as the point of departure for considering the role of religion in public life, particularly the ways in which intellectuals and academics might participate. Nine contributors have penned chapters that variously consider philosophically and theologically the emergence of religious meaning its embodiment in the arts (especially music and literature) and the spirituality it nurtures."--BOOK JACKET.