Creator Spirit

by Guthrie, Steven R.; Begbie, Jeremy S.

• ISBN13: 9780801029219
• ISBN10: 080102921X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-05-01
• Publisher: Baker Academic

Summary

Art is often viewed as being inherently spiritual. But what does it mean to describe an experience of art or beauty as "spiritual"? Is there a relationship between the spiritual experience a person has in the presence of a work of art and the Holy Spirit of Christian faith? Skilled theologian, musician, and educator Steven Guthrie examines areas of overlap between spirituality, human creativity, and the arts with the goal of sharpening and refining how we speak and think about the Holy Spirit. By exploring various connections between art and spirituality, he helps Christians better understand the doctrine of the Holy Spirit and offers a clear, engaging theology of the arts. The book includes a foreword by renowned theologian and musician Jeremy Begbie.

Author Biography

Steven R. Guthrie (PhD, University of St. Andrews) teaches religion at Belmont University in Nashville, where he helped launch a new program in religion and the arts.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Is There Anything to Talk About Here? Spirit and Mystery	p. 1
The Making of a Human
Remaking Humanity: John Coltrane and a Love Supreme	p. 25
Remaking Human Bodies: Kingdom Come and the Kingdom of the Abstract	p. 47
Remaking Community: Singing to One Another in Songs, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs	p. 71
The Spirit's Making and Ours
Ionized Inspiration: Can a Human Voice Be Heard?	p. 95
The Gift-Giving Spirit: De-Ionized Inspiration	p. 115
Finding Our Voices: The Spirit of Freedom	p. 131
A World Remade
Seeing the Spirit in All Things, Seeing All Things in the Spirit: Discernment and the Restoration of Vocation	p. 153
Beautiful, Beautiful Zion: The Spirit and Completion	p. 177
Perfection, Proportion, and Pleasure: The Spirit and Beauty	p. 197
Epilogue: The Museum of Spirituality	p. 211
Subject Index	p. 216
Scripture Index	p. 220
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