Theology and the Arts

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Theology and the Arts (or, Theological Aesthetics) is an academic subdiscipline of theological studies which examines the relationship between:

theology (i.e., reasoned discourse concerning religion, spirituality, and God), and
the arts (i.e., the broad subdivision of culture consisting of many expressive disciplines such as dance, drama, film, literature, music, poetry, and visual arts).

As is common with theological studies, most of the work done in this field is based in the Christian faith.

1 Academic Programs
2 Further reading
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Academic Programs

Andover Newton Theological School [1] - Newton Centre, MA
- Master of Arts in Theology and the Arts
Fuller Theological Seminary [2] - Pasadena, California, USA
- Master of Arts in Theology - Theology and the Arts Format
- Master of Arts in Worship, Theology, and the Arts
Regent College [3] - Vancouver, Canada
- Master of Christian Studies (with an option for an arts thesis)
Union Theological Seminary [4] - New York, NY
- Master of Arts in Theology and the Arts
United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities [5] - New Brighton, MN
- Master of Arts in Theology and the Arts
University of St. Andrews [6] - The Institute of Theology, Imagination, and the Arts, St. Andrews, Scotland
- PhD research program

[edit] Further reading

Begbie, Jeremy. Beholding the Glory: Incarnation through the Arts. London: Darton, Longman, and Todd, 2000.
Begbie, Jeremy. Sounding the Depths: Theology through the Arts. London: SCM Press, 2002.
Begbie, Jeremy. Theology, Music, and Time. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Begbie, Jeremy. Voicing Creation’s Praise: Towards a Theology of the Arts. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1991.
de Borchgrave, Helen. A Journey Into Christian Art. Oxford: Lion Publishing, 1999.
Burch Brown, Frank. Good Taste, Bad Taste, and Christian Taste: Aesthetics in Religious Life. London, New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
Burch Brown, Frank. Religious Aesthetics: A Theological Study of Making and Meaning. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1989.
Bustard, Ned. It Was Good: Making Art to the Glory of God. Baltimore, MD: Square Halo Books, 2000.
Corby Finney, Paul, ed.. Seeing Beyond the Word: Visual Arts and the Calvinistic Tradition. Eerdmans, 1999.
Dagget Dillenberger, Jane. Style and Content in Christian Art. New York, Crossroad: 1965 (1986).
Deacy, Christopher. Screen Christologies: Redemption and the Medium of Film. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2001.
Dillenberger, John. A Theology of Artistic Sensibilities: The Visual Arts and the Church. London: SCM Press, 1987.
Drury, John. Painting the Word: Christian Pictures and Their Meanings. Yale: Yale University Press, 1998.
Dyrness, William. Visual Faith: Art, Theology, and Worship in Dialogue. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2001.
Fiddes, Paul. The Novel, Spirituality, and Modern Culture. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2000.
Fiddes, Paul. The Promised End: Eschatology in Theology and Literature. Oxford: Blackwell, 2000.
Forde, Nigel. The Lantern and the Looking-Glass: Literature and Christian Belief. SPCK, 1997.
Gaebelein, Frank E. The Christian, the Arts, and Truth: Regaining a Vision of Greatness. Ed. Bruce Lockerbie. A Critical Concern Book. Portland, OR: Multnomah, 1985.
Gorringe, Timothy. The Education of Desire: Towards a Theology of the Senses. London: SCM, 2001.
Gorringe, Timothy. Furthering Humanity: A Theology of Culture. London: Ashgate, 2004.
Harries, Richard. Art and the Beauty of God: A Christian Understanding. London: Mowbray, 1993.
Harries, Richard. The Passion in Art. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004.
Hurley, Neil P. Theology Through Film. New York: Harper & Row, 1970.
Jewett, Robert. Saint Paul at the Movies: The Apostle’s Dialogue with American Culture. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1993.
Jewett, Robert. Saint Paul Returns to the Movies: Triumph over Shame. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999.
Kandinsky, Wassily. Concerning the Spiritual in Art. New York: Dover Publications, 1977.
Kreitzer, Larry J. The New Testament in Fiction and Film: On Reversing the Hermeneutical Flow. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1993.
Kreitzer, Larry J. The Old Testament in Fiction and Film: On Reversing the Hermeneutical Flow. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1994.
Marsh, Clive, and Gae Ortiz, eds. Explorations in Theology and Film: Movies and Meaning. Oxford: Blackwell, 1997.
May, John R. Nourishing Faith through Fiction: Reflections on the Apostles’ Creed in Literature and Film. Franklin, Wisconsin: Sheed and Ward, 2001.
Niebuhr, H. Richard. Christ and Culture. New York: Harper & Row, 1951.
Power Erikson, Kathleen. At Eternity’s Gate: The Spiritual Vision of Vincent van Gogh. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1999.
Rookmaaker, Hans R. The Creative Gift. Leicester: InterVarsity, 1981.
Rookmaaker, Hans R. Modern Art and the Death of A Culture. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1970.
Ryken, Leland. The Christian Imagination: Essays on Literature and the Arts. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1981.
Ryken, Leland. The Liberated Imagination: Thinking Christianly about the Arts. The Wheaton Literary Series. Wheaton, IL: Harold Shaw, 1989.
Sayers, Dorothy L. The Mind of the Maker. Cleveland: World, 1956.
Schaeffer, Francis A. Art and the Bible. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1973.
Schaeffer, Franky. Addicted to Mediocrity: 20th Century Christians and the Arts. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 1985.
Seerveld, Calvin. Rainbows for the Fallen World: Aesthetic Life and Artistic Task. Toronto, ON: Toronto Tuppence Press, 1980.
Tillich, Paul. On Art and Architecture. Ed. John Dillenberger and Jane Dillenberger. New York: Crossroad, 1987.
Veith, Gene Edward. State of the Arts: From Bezalel to Mapplethorpe. Turning Point Christian Worldview Series. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 1991.
Viladesau, Richard. Theological Aesthetics: God in Imagination, Beauty, and Art. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Viladesau, Richard. Theology and the Arts: Encountering God through Music, Art, and Rhetoric. New York, Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2000.
Von Balthasar, Hans Urs. The Glory of the Lord: A Theological Aesthetics, vol. 1, Seeing the Form. Trans. Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis. Ed. Joseph Fessio, SJ and John Riches. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1982.
Wolterstorff, Nicholas. Art in Action: Toward a Christian Aesthetic. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1980.