Communion, Covenant, and Creativity

Brian Haymes (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 1532668643 / ISBN 13: 9781532668647

Published by Cascade Books, 2020

Communion, Covenant, and Creativity | Brian Haymes (u. a.) | Buch | Gebunden | Englisch | 2020 | Cascade Books | EAN 9781532668647 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. Seller Inventory # 118146581

Synopsis:

This book is a follow-up to a previous volume by the same three authors, Baptists and the Communion of Saints: A Theology of Covenanted Disciples, though it does not require familiarity with the first study. The present book offers new perspectives on belief in the ""communion of saints"" by interpreting it through the idea of ""covenant,"" with its two dimensions of relations with God and with each other. Giving attention to the creative arts of painting, music, poetry, and story writing, the authors explore ""indications"" of a hidden ""communion of saints"" through embodiment, memory, and connectivity. Included are studies of the work of visual artists Paul Nash and Mark Rothko; musicians John Tavener, Elgar, and Brahms; and writers Thomas Hardy, T. S. Eliot, and James Joyce. Theological reflection on these hints of communion offers a vision of an ongoing communion of prayer with the saints, alive and dead, which does not depend on a dualistic idea of a disembodied soul existing after death but which affirms the Christian tradition of the resurrection of the body. Communion, covenant, and creativity are thus linked to develop a Christian aesthetics based on a mutual indwelling between the triune God and the world.

About the Author: Paul S. Fiddes is Professor of Systematic Theology in the University of Oxford and Principal Emeritus of Regent's Park College, Oxford. Brian Haymes was formerly Principal of Bristol Baptist College. Richard L. Kidd was formerly Principal of Northern Baptist College, Manchester.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Communion, Covenant, and Creativity
Publisher: Cascade Books
Publication Date: 2020
Binding: Buch
Condition: Neu