Redeeming Transcendence in the Arts: Bearing Witness to the Triune God - Softcover

Jeremy Begbie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802874940 ISBN 13: 9780802874948

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2018

Synopsis

How can the arts witness to the transcendence of the Christian God? It is widely believed that there is something transcendent about the arts, that they can awaken a profound sense of awe, wonder, and mystery, of something beyond this world. Many argue that this opens up fruitful opportunities for conversation with those who may have no use for conventional forms of Christianity. Jeremy Begbiea leading voice on theology and the artsin this book employs a biblical, trinitarian imagination to show how Christian involvement in the arts can (and should) be shaped by a vision of Gods transcendence revealed in the person of Jesus Christ. After critiquing some current writing on the subject, he goes on to offer rich resources to help readers engage constructively with the contemporary cultural moment even as they bear witness to the otherness and uncontainability of the triune God of love.|How can the arts witness to the transcendence of the Christian God? It is widely believed that there is something transcendent about the arts, that they can awaken a profound sense of awe, wonder, and mystery, of something beyond this world. Many argue that this opens up fruitful opportunities for conversation with those who may have no use for conventional forms of Christianity. Jeremy Begbiea leading voice on theology and the artsin this book employs a biblical, trinitarian imagination to show how Christian involvement in the arts can (and should) be shaped by a vision of Gods transcendence revealed in the person of Jesus Christ. After critiquing some current writing on the subject, he goes on to offer rich resources to help readers engage constructively with the contemporary cultural moment even as they bear witness to the otherness and uncontainability of the triune God of love.

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About the Author

Jeremy S. Begbie is Thomas A. Langford Research Professor of Theology at Duke Divinity School, founding director of the Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts, and senior member at Wolfson College, Cambridge. A professionally trained musician, he has also written Voicing Creation's Praise: Towards a Theology of the Arts and Resounding Truth: Christian Wisdom in the World of Music.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802874940
• ISBN 13: 9780802874948
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224