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9780802827968

The Substance of Things Seen: Art, Faith, and the Christian Community

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    9780802827968

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    0802827969

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-09-15
  • Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co
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Summary

This series is designed to promote reflection on the history, theology, and practice of Christian worship and to stimulate worship renewal in Christian congregations. Written by pastoral worship leaders from diverse communities and scholars from a range of disciplines, these volumes seek to nurture worship practices that are at once spiritually vital and theologically rooted. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Robin M. Jensen is Luce Chancellor's Professor of the History of Christian Art and Worship at Vanderbilt Divinity School, Nashville, Tennessee

Table of Contents

Series Preface vi
Author's Preface ix
1. Visual Art and Spiritual Formation in Christian Tradition 1(26)
2. Visual Exegesis: Sacred Text and Narrative Art in Early Christianity 27(24)
3. Idol or Icon? The Invisible and the Incarnate God 51(24)
4. Beyond the Decorative and Didactic: The Uses of Art in the Church 75(26)
5. Holy Places and Sacred Spaces 101(24)
6. The Beautiful and the Disturbing: Art, Taste, and Religious Value 125

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