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Sommario
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
1. The Quest for Sacrament: ‘A, a, a, DOMINE DEUS’ Poem
2. The Art of the Incarnate Word: ‘Quia per Incarnati’ Painted Inscription
3. ‘The Vessel of the Ecclesia’: ‘Bride’ Wood Engraving
Conclusion
Index
Info autore
Elizabeth Powell is La Retraite Fellow in Theology and Spirituality at Durham University, UK.
Riassunto
This is an imaginative exploration of the art of David Jones which addresses Christian teaching through engagement with selected artistic works: a poem, a painted inscription and a wood engraving. Elizabeth R. Powell’s study does not just enable readers to understand Jones but also to use his kind of loving attention in their own lives – which, Jones would argue, is theology’s most important task.
Through close readings of material objects, Powell draws the reader into the participatory, performative and dialogical possibilities of the craft of theology. She frames an older style of theology in a distinctive and modern way, as a graced human practice and a place of transforming relation with the divine. Powell argues that Jones’s art works offer places of beauty in which to ‘become beauty’ along the way. Located at the cross-section of theology, literature and the arts, this volume shows that being interdisciplinary is nothing less than finding ways for theology and humanity to be more richly itself.
Prefazione
In this reflection on Christian artist and writer David Jones, the author shows that Jones' theological method and practice are at work within and arise out of his engagement with the artifacts and distinctive crafts.
