How Art Contributes to Faith: The Ecstatic Draw of Beauty
byEditor’s Note: This is the first installment of a four-part series by Jim McCullough that will look at the ways in which art contributes…
Beauty
The Spectre of Beauty
by‘After I released my catch, Mr. Herzer and I paused for a moment to appreciate our good fortune. In less than five minutes, we…
Review: Culture Care
byMakoto Fujimura, Peter Edman (Editor), Culture Care: Reconnecting with Beauty for our Common Life, International Arts Movement and the Fujimura Institute, 2015, 124. pps.,…
The Most Beautiful Thing: Racial Reconciliation and the Credibility of the Gospel
byOn December 18, 1963, while visiting the campus of Western Michigan University, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke these famous words: “We…
Bowing Toward Beauty
byOne of the more subtle assumptions being made today within theology is the belief that anyone who lacks an appreciation for beauty must be in…
The Imagination between Beauty and Goodness
byIn Visual Faith, William Dyrness entertains two questions concerning the uncomfortable, and at times awkward, relationship between beauty and goodness. The first: “Do pursuits…
Visiting Scholars Series: Sanctifying Perception – Idols, Icons, and Dark Flesh
byA little girl wants lighter skin. She stares at the back of her hand and says, “I just don’t like the way brown looks,…