Description
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 Begbie-a leading voice on theology and the arts-in this book employs a biblical, trinitarian imagination to show how Christian involvement in the arts can (and should) be shaped by a vision of God's 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.
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.
Reviews
"Jeremy Begbie has been a central and seminal figure in the recent revolution in theology and the arts. Begbie's argument here, both learned and lucid, is that only when we allow for a more explicitly biblical and Trinitarian vision of God will the vague claims for transcendence in the arts begin to make sense. This book will challenge and illuminate the whole field." -- NT Wright, Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity, University of St Andrews
"Jeremy Begbie has consistently been an essential guide for me as an artist who thinks theologically. Redeeming Transcendence in the Arts finds Jeremy at his best-full of theological wisdom and aspiration, with abundant artistic inspiration. A stellar guidebook for our complex journey of art, faith, and theology." -- Makoto Fujimura, award-winning artist, writer, speaker
'This is brilliant theological writing that illumines our cultural setting and challenges readers to receive the arts with newly opened eyes and ears.' -- Richard B. Hays, Duke Divinity School
Book Information
ISBN 9780334056928
Author Jeremy Begbie
Format Paperback
Page Count 212
Imprint SCM Press
Publisher SCM Press
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.
Reviews
"Jeremy Begbie has been a central and seminal figure in the recent revolution in theology and the arts. Begbie's argument here, both learned and lucid, is that only when we allow for a more explicitly biblical and Trinitarian vision of God will the vague claims for transcendence in the arts begin to make sense. This book will challenge and illuminate the whole field." -- NT Wright, Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity, University of St Andrews
"Jeremy Begbie has consistently been an essential guide for me as an artist who thinks theologically. Redeeming Transcendence in the Arts finds Jeremy at his best-full of theological wisdom and aspiration, with abundant artistic inspiration. A stellar guidebook for our complex journey of art, faith, and theology." -- Makoto Fujimura, award-winning artist, writer, speaker
'This is brilliant theological writing that illumines our cultural setting and challenges readers to receive the arts with newly opened eyes and ears.' -- Richard B. Hays, Duke Divinity School
Book Information
ISBN 9780334056928
Author Jeremy Begbie
Format Paperback
Page Count 212
Imprint SCM Press
Publisher SCM Press
