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Creation and the new creation are inextricably bound, for the God who created the world is the same God who promises a new heaven and a new earth. Bringing together theologians, biblical scholars, and artists, this volume based on the DITA10 conference at Duke Divinity School explores how the relation between creation and the new creation is informed by and reflected in the arts.
About the author
W. David O. Taylor (ThD, Duke Divinity School) is associate professor of theology and culture at Fuller Theological Seminary and the producer of a short film on the psalms with Bono and Eugene Peterson. An ordained Anglican minister, he is the author of
Open and Unafraid: The Psalms as a Guide to Life,
Glimpses of the New Creation: Worship and the Formative Power of the Arts, and
The Theater of God's Glory: Calvin, Creation, and the Liturgical Arts, the co-editor of
Contemporary Art and the Church, and the editor of
For the Beauty of the Church: Casting a Vision for the Arts.
Jeremy Begbie (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is Thomas A. Langford Distinguished Research Professor of Theology at Duke Divinity School, where he serves as the director of Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts (DITA). He is also a Senior Member of Wolfson College, Cambridge. He is author of a number of books, including
Music, Modernity, and God; A Peculiar Orthodoxy;
Redeeming Transcendence in the Arts;
Resounding Truth: Christian Wisdom in the World of Music;
Theology, Music and Time;
Voicing Creation's Praise: Towards a Theology of the Arts. He is also a professionally trained musician and an ordained minister of the Church of England.
Daniel Train (PhD, Baylor University) is assistant teaching professor of the practice of theology and the arts at Duke Divinity School, where he serves as the associate director of Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts (DITA). He is the co-editor of
The Saint John's Bible and Its Tradition: Illuminating Beauty in the Twenty-First Century.
Summary
Creation and the new creation are inextricably bound, for the God who created the world is the same God who promises a new heaven and a new earth. Bringing together theologians, biblical scholars, and artists, this volume based on the DITA10 conference at Duke Divinity School explores how the relation between creation and the new creation is informed by and reflected in the arts.
