Book Reviews

THE ARTIST’S WAY by Julia Cameron and Mark Bryan

THE ARTIST’S WAY by Julia Cameron and Mark Bryan

12.17.2010  |  1 Comment ››

Recommended by Christy Tennant, Director of Global Community for International Arts Movement and Host of IAM Conversations Several years into my career as an actress, when I was deep in the throes of auditioning, ... Continue Reading »

FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE CHURCH, edited by W. David O. Taylor

FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE CHURCH, edited by W. David O. Taylor

07.21.2010  |  4 Comments ››

Reviewed by Steven Guthrie, associate professor of theology at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, and director of Belmont’s “Religion and the Arts” program A few minutes ago I was skimming through a website that ... Continue Reading »

ART IN ACTION by Nicholas Wolterstorff

ART IN ACTION by Nicholas Wolterstorff

04.26.2010  |  No Comments ››

Recommended by Steve Guthrie, associate professor of theology at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, and director of Belmont’s “Religion and the Arts” program In college I studied music theory and then went on to ... Continue Reading »

“Leaf By Niggle” by J. R. R. Tolkien

“Leaf By Niggle” by J. R. R. Tolkien

03.16.2010  |  No Comments ››

Recommended by Christopher Mitchell, director of the Marion E. Wade Center, a major research collection of materials by and about seven British authors: Owen Barfield, G.K. Chesterton, C.S. Lewis, George MacDonald, Dorothy L. Sayers, ... Continue Reading »

A PROFOUND WEAKNESS: CHRISTIANS AND KITSCH by Betty Spackman

A PROFOUND WEAKNESS: CHRISTIANS AND KITSCH by Betty Spackman

02.11.2010  |  No Comments ››

Reviewed by Lynn Aldrich If innocence can be described as a lack of experience, then certainly that was my condition when I first encountered a profoundly kitsch situation at the age of nine. While ... Continue Reading »

MODERN ART AND THE DEATH OF A CULTURE by H. R. Rookmaaker

MODERN ART AND THE DEATH OF A CULTURE by H. R. Rookmaaker

01.28.2010  |  1 Comment ››

Recommended by Laurel Gasque, author of Art and the Christian Mind: The Life and Work of H. R. Rookmaaker, a partner in ArtWay, and Sessional Lecturer in Theology and the Arts at Regent ... Continue Reading »

ART IN SERVICE OF THE SACRED by Catherine Kapikian

ART IN SERVICE OF THE SACRED by Catherine Kapikian

01.28.2010  |  No Comments ››

Recommended by Brian Moss, Worship and Music Coordinator at Regent College in Vancouver, BC, Canada Art in the service of anything is a tough sell these days. If it is the sacred being served, ... Continue Reading »

RESOUNDING TRUTH by Jeremy Begbie

RESOUNDING TRUTH by Jeremy Begbie

01.28.2010  |  No Comments ››

Recommended by Andrew Mark Sauerwein, assistant professor of composition and music theory at Belhaven College In The Invention of Art, Larry Shiner walks his reader through a history of the so-called “Modern System of ... Continue Reading »

BEARING FRESH OLIVE LEAVES by Calvin Seerveld

BEARING FRESH OLIVE LEAVES by Calvin Seerveld

01.28.2010  |  No Comments ››

Recommended by John Franklin, Executive Director of Imago The biblical story of Noah and the flood is a reminder of how moral and spiritual failure brings consequences. But the negative outcome of human ... Continue Reading »

THE MIND OF THE MAKER by Dorothy Sayers

THE MIND OF THE MAKER by Dorothy Sayers

01.09.2010  |  No Comments ››

Recommended by Andy Crouch, the author of Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling and a senior editor at Christianity Today International. Dorothy Sayers was one formidable lady. The author, most famously, of the Lord ... Continue Reading »