God’s Back: Jackson Pollock and the Beatific Vision
byIt would be difficult to read Jackson Pollock’s so-called drip paintings as the product of theological intent. Judging by their titles, which range from…
Art Appreciation
Review: Modern Art and the Life of a Culture
byJonathan A. Anderson and William A. Dyrness. Modern Art and the Life of a Culture: The Religious Impulses of Modernism. Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP…
Review: Sense and Spirituality
byJames McCullough. Sense and Spirituality: The Arts and Spiritual Formation. Wipf and Stock, 2015. 146pp, B/W. ISBN: 9781625649218. $20. It is a pleasure to…
Reflections on Art at Chichester Cathedral: The Piper Tapestry
byEditor’s Note: This article is the second in a series by Naomi Billingsley, who will be writing on reflections on art at Chichester Cathedral. In my…
Review: Art and Religion in the 21st Century
byAaron Rosen. Art and Religion in the 21st Century. London: Thames and Hudson, 2015, 256 pp., £32.00 hardcover. In his latest publication, Aaron Rosen,…
A New Members’ Class: Why Christians Should Join the Art Museum (without Leaving the Church)
bySeveral years ago, when our oldest daughter was just three, we visited the Art Institute of Chicago. Our visit to the museum capped off…
Barth, Mozart, and the Shadow-side of Creation
byIn the midst of expositing the doctrine of Creation that takes up the third volume of his Church Dogmatics, Karl Barth addresses das Nichtige:…