Religion & Art, Art Styles & Periods, General Christianity

Beholding the Glory: Incarnation through the Arts

Name: Beholding the Glory: Incarnation through the Arts
Author: Jeremy Begbie
ISBN: 9780801022449

by Jeremy Begbie

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Overview

Beholding the Glory looks at the incarnation, that is, the claim that God came to earth as a human being in Jesus Christ. Various art-forms - literature, poetry, dance, icons, sculpture, popular music and music in general - are allowed to provide their own insights into this central claim of the Christian faith. The idea is not that the mystery of the incarnation can be dissolved away, but that through the arts it is revealed in fresh and powerful ways that will resonate deeply within us." "Writing from different Christian traditions and as artists, academics, teachers and clergy, the contributors draw out a wealth of meaning in the belief that God entered our world as one of us.

Synopsis

"A fine collection of probing and imaginative discussions on the relation between the Incarnation and the arts." --Nicholas Wolterstorff, Yale Divinity School

About the Author, Jeremy Begbie

Jeremy Begbie (Ph. D., University of Aberdeen) is vice principal of Ridley Hall and director of Theology Through the Arts, a research project at the Center for Advanced Religious and Theological Studies, University of Cambridge. A professionally trained musician and frequent lecturer, he is the author or editor of four books.