The Creativity Of God

Author : Luci Shaw
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1418589187
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Breath for the Bones written by Luci Shaw and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2009-08-31 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The double question we must always ask is,‘How does faith inform art?’ and ‘How can art animate faith?’” Imagination, appreciation of beauty, creativity: all of these qualities have been given to us by God. For the Christian artist, the drive to create something wonderful is also a means to glorify and better understand our Lord. Using excerpts from her own works as well as those of writers who have gone before her—Emily Dickinson, Annie Dillard, C.S. Lewis, and others—poet and writer Luci Shaw proves that symbolism and metaphor provide ways for humans to experience God in new and powerful ways. Shaw offers a rich and thought-provoking exploration of art, creativity, and faith. Believing that art emanates from God, she shows how imagination and spirituality “work in tandem, each feeding on and nourishing the other.” Faith informs art and art enhances faith. They both, for each other, are “breath for the bones.” Provocative, enlightening, and above all, inspiring, Breath for the Bones will help readers discover the artist within, and bring them further along the path to God Himself. Include s Discussion Questions and Writing Exercises

Author : Gordon D. Kaufman
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1451408900
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jesus and Creativity written by Gordon D. Kaufman and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2006-07-17 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lively interest today in the historical figure of Jesus is rarely matched by theological advances in understanding his person and significance for our own time and worldview. Gordon Kaufman takes up this challenge in this bold, speculative work. Despite the fabled difficulties of traditional Christological terms, few theologians since Tillich and Teilhard have sought to re-envision the symbol of Jesus within the contemporary scientific worldview. Building on his notion of God as simply creativity, Kaufman here locates the meaning of Jesus' salvific story within an evolving universe and a threatened planet. Outside the dualistic categories of the biblical worldview, he finds, the enormously creative and influential figure of the historic Jesus can have a vital role in the emergence and development of the cosmos and human history. Within that role, he argues, Jesus, his relation to God, and his centrality to Christian faith become clearer and our own lives and actions take on a new meaning.

Author : Robert C. Neville
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791428221
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Creativity and God written by Robert C. Neville and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1995-10-12 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a sympathetic critique of process theology with responses to the arguments addressed by leading thinkers.

Author : Oliver Davies
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521538459
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Creativity of God written by Oliver Davies and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-08-05 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We have, as a theological community, generally lost a language in which to speak of the created-ness of the world. As a consequence, our discourses of reason cannot bridge the way we know God and the way we know the world. Therefore, argues Oliver Davies, a primary task of contemporary theology is the regeneration of a Christian account of the world as sacramental, leading to the formation of a Christian conception of reason and a new Christocentric understanding of the real. Both the Johannine tradition of creation through the Word and a Eucharistic semiotics of Christ as the embodied, sacrificial and creative speech of God serve the project of a repairal of Christian cosmology. The world itself is viewed as a creative text authored by God, of which we as interpreters are an integral part. This is a wide-ranging and convincing book that makes an important contribution to modern theology.

Author : Allen Arnold
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578917375
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Waves of Creativity written by Allen Arnold and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-11 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book encourages people to actively pursue their creative skills and dreams with God. It includes a wealth of insights on 111 themes such as Beginnings, Imagination, Originality, Opposition, and Success. In addition, it opens with a short allegory about the role wisdom plays in the creative process.

Author : Thomas J. Terry
Publisher : Moody Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0802497330
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Images and Idols written by Thomas J. Terry and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christians ought to be leading the way in creativity, but we rarely do. God is the Creator of all things, and He created us in His image. Creativity is woven into the very fabric of our humanity. Therefore, Christians should value and champion creativity as a vital part of our image-bearing role. Instead Christians often don’t know what to do with creatives and creatives don’t know what to do with Christianity. On one side you have Christians who neglect or discount art, imagination, and beauty altogether. On the other, you have artists who make idols out of each of these good things. Ryan Lister, a theology professor, and Thomas Terry, a spoken word artist and founder of Humble Beast, team up to help restore the connection between creativity and theology. Images & Idols is a theological and artistic exploration of creativity in the Christian life. It will help creatives build a strong theological foundation for their art, while challenging the church to embrace a theology of beauty and creativity.

Author : Cliff Edwards
Publisher : Loyola Press
ISBN 13 : 9780829406214
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Van Gogh and God written by Cliff Edwards and published by Loyola Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the depth of this brilliant and tortured artist's spirituality and find a new Van Gogh--philosopher of life, unorthodox theologian, and determined seeker of global spirituality.

Author : Terry Glaspey
Publisher : Moody Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0802498884
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Discovering God Through the Arts written by Terry Glaspey and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does art have to do with faith? For many Christians, paintings, films, music, and other forms of art are simply used for wall decoration, entertaining distraction, or worshipful devotion. But what if the arts played a more prominent role in the Christian life? In Discovering God through the Arts, discover how the arts can be tools for faith-building, life-changing spiritual formation for all Christians. Terry Glaspey, author of 75 Masterpieces Every Christian Should Know, examines: How the arts assist us in prayer and contemplation How the arts help us rediscover a sense of wonder How the arts help us deal with emotions How the arts aid theological reflection and so much more. Let your faith be enriched, and discover how beauty and creativity can draw you nearer to the ultimate Creator.

Author : Brian Godawa
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781963000290
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Imagination of God written by Brian Godawa and published by . This book was released on 2023-11-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Large Print Edition

Author : Michael Card
Publisher : IVP
ISBN 13 : 9780830847037
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scribbling in the Sand written by Michael Card and published by IVP. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Singer, songwriter, and student of Scripture Michael Card explores the biblical foundations of true Christian creativity. With Jesus as his model, Card shows how understanding God's creative imagination leads to a lifestyle of humility and servanthood, inviting us to follow God's creative call through worship and community and respond with worshipful creativity.