Placemaking and the Arts - Cultivating the Christian Life

What role does place play in the Christian life? In this STA volume, Jennifer Allen Craft gives a practical theology of the arts, contending that the arts place us in time, space, and community in ways that encourage us to be fully and imaginatively present in a variety of contexts: the natural world, our homes, our worshiping communities, and society.

About the author

Jennifer Allen Craft (PhD, University of St. Andrews) is associate professor of humanities and theology at Point University in West Point, Georgia, where she teaches courses in theology, philosophy, and the arts. Her work has been featured on Transpositions and in Contemporary Art and the Church: A Conversation Between Two Worlds.

Summary

What role does place play in the Christian life? In this STA volume, Jennifer Allen Craft gives a practical theology of the arts, contending that the arts place us in time, space, and community in ways that encourage us to be fully and imaginatively present in a variety of contexts: the natural world, our homes, our worshiping communities, and society.

Product details

• Authors: Jennifer Allen Craft, CRAFT JENNIFER ALLE
• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9780830850679
• ISBN: 978-0-8308-5067-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 446 g
• Series: Studies in Theology and the Arts; Studies in Theology & the Arts; Studies in Theology and the Ar; Studies in Theology and the Arts; Studies in Theology and the Arts Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Christentum