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Visual Faith: Art, Theology, and Worship in Dialogue (Paperback)

Dyrness, William A. (Author)

The Engaging Culture series seeks to discover God's presence in our world and strives to involve readers in sympathetic dialogue and active discipleship. Supporting neither an uninformed rejection nor an uncritical embrace of cultural values, this series encourages active engagement through serious theological reflection.

How can art enhance and enrich the Christian faith? What is the basis for a relationship between the church and visual imagery? Can the art world and the Protestant church be reconciled? Is art idolatry and vanity, or can it be used to strengthen the church? Grounded in historical and biblical research, William Dyrness offers students and scholars an intriguing, substantive look into the relationship between the church and the world of art.

Faith and art were not always discordant. According to Dyrness, Israel understood imagery and beauty as reflections of God's perfect order; likewise, early Christi

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• SKU:9780801022975
• SKU10:0801022975
• Qty Remaining Online:6
• Publisher:Baker Books
• Date Published:Oct 2001
• Pages:188
• Language:English
• Illustrated:Yes
• Weight lbs:0.7
• Dimensions:5.98 X 9.06 X 0.55

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