A Christian Model of Aesthetics - The Gospel Coalition
WEBApr 22, 2009 · In this essay I shall discuss the theological foundations of a Christian aesthetic and make some concrete applications, specifically to the matter of worship. First, I will develop a biblical theology of beauty and the arts.
Finding Beauty Where God Finds Beauty: A Biblical Foundation of Aesthetics
WEBOct 31, 2012 · If Romans 12:1-2 calls us to resist conformity to “this age,” then Christian Realists will need to resist our age’s aesthetic relativism, the Nominalist notion that “beauty” is merely something humans impose on created reality.
Theological aesthetics - Wikipedia
WEBTheological writings during the period of the early Christian church which deal with aesthetics span from circa 160 to c. 650 and include writings by Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Origen, Augustine of Hippo, Pseudo-Dionysius, Gregory of Nyssa, and Maximus the Confessor, among others.
The Beauty of Worship: Aesthetics & Truth - Christian Research Institute
WEBJan 28, 2022 · By turning the aesthetic elements of worship to the utilitarian end of producing a subjective experience of God, the seeker-sensitive model forfeits both beauty and truth. The presence of Christ in power when the church gathers is a reality that, while not always felt, is forever secured by His promise.
Review: Art in Action: Toward a Christian Aesthetic by Nicholas ...
WEBSep 15, 2011 · Nicholas Wolterstorff, the Noah Porter Emeritus Professor of Philosophical Theology at Yale University, confronts the common trends in aesthetics in 1980 with his engaging Art in Action. This work is a simplification of his more academic treatise, Works and Worlds of Art.
The Gifts of Bezalel: Art, the Bible, and Christian Aesthetics
WEBOct 2, 2023 · In contrast to secular nihilists, Christians have a basis for art, beauty, and aesthetics, one which has inspired the arts for centuries. But today’s Christians too are often impoverished when it comes to the arts, buying into the same hedonism, commercialism, and subjectivism of their non-believing neighbors.
What might a ‘Christian aesthetic’ look like? And why bother? – …
WEBMay 31, 2018 · The Cultivated conversation explores questions of form, or a Christian ‘aesthetic’ when it comes to Christians making art, I’m interested in considering what it looks like to ask these forms in our architecture — our use of space both public and private, and social architecture.
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WEBProbably the best collection of Christian aesthetic wallpapers online. Download for free or share your own. New Christian images added daily!
The Aesthetic: Clues to God’s Design for Beauty
WEBAesthetics is the study of how beauty both embodies and points the way to truth. What we call art is the physical expression of aesthetic principles. Most Christians are accustomed to truth being communicated propositionally (in a three-point sermon, for example).
Christian Aesthetics: Sunday School to Michelangelo
WEBOct 3, 2022 · Faced with this question, we may think immediately of a sort of Sunday-school or children’s Bible image of Jesus—or we may think of biblically inspired sculpture like Michelangelo’s David, or of paintings like Rembrandt’s Storm on the Sea of Galilee.
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