Instructor: Daniel Ray Miller
an Miller is offering an on-going Bible Study on the topic “Christian Theology for the Artist.” The Bible class will be held in the lower level conference room of the Lancaster Provident Bookstore (in Lancaster, PA), each Wednesday evening beginning February 6, 2002, from 6:30 - 8:00pm.
he Bible study will focus on God as the Ultimate Artist and what His Word, the Bible, reveals about human artistry: its possibilities, challenges & boundaries for contemporary artists.
amily, friends, customers, and fellow-employees are welcome. The Bible study promises to be more intense and creative than a “discussion” or “care” group. Thank you for your expressions of interest. Please call Dan for details at the Lancaster Provident Book store or at home (717/293-1450).
Some SCRIPTURES to be covered:
Job 38-41; Genesis 1-4; Book of Isaiah; Exodus
Pertinent scriptures r/t Solomon's life; Ezekiel's Temple; John 1;John 17
Parts of Colossians 1 & 2; Romans 1:18-35, Ch. 5, Ch. 8; 2 Corinthians 3-5; Revelation
Some TOPICS to be covered:
God as Artist in drama of creation and Redemption
LOGOS-Language is Physical (John 1)
Importance of the WORD, of reading
Image of God in man (Genesis/Ecclesiastes/Romans)
Fortunate Fall of man
Quotes from Milton’s PARADISE LOST
Patterns of drama: tragedy, comedy, romantic comedy
Transforming Reversals of Fortune
Art as Inevitable Expression of Humanity
Distinctions between Divine and human Artistry
4 types of Human Artistry
Definition of Art/World view/Sense of life
Truth and Beauty
Work and Rest/Play
Creativity and Technoloty
Worship and Idolatry
Art and Evangelism
Art and Eschatology/New Creation
Role of the Trinity in human art
Special role of the Holy Spirit
Art in the Church
Suffering & Death
Christian Spiritual Life & Artistic Impulse/Creativity
Prospects for Art in Heaven
and much more...
Bibliography for CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY FOR THE ARTIST
Dandelion Wine - Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
Telling The Truth: The Gospel As Tragedy, Comedy And Fairy Tale - Frederick Buechner
Words Of Delight - Leland Ryken
Divine Irony - Glenn S. Holland
Divine Drama - Kurt Bruner
Finding God In The Lord Of The Rings - Kurt Bruner, Jim Ware
The Hidden Prince - retold by Jeffrey E. Burkart
The Romantic Manifesto - Ayn Rand
Heaven Is Not My Home - Paul Marshall
The Upside Down Kingdom - David Kraybill
The Topsy-Turvy Kingdom - Dottie and Josh McDowell
The Christian Imagination - Leland Ryken (ed.)
The Liberated Imagination - Leland Ryken (ed.)
The Drama Of Redemption - Graham Scroggie
The Literary Structure Of The Old Testament - David Dorsey
Subversive Spirituality - Eugene Peterson
The Divine Conspiracy - Dallas Willard
Whoredom - Raymond C. Ortlund
The Hound Of Heaven - Francis Thompson
The Sacred Romance - John Eldredge
The Journey Of Desire - John Eldredge
Wild At Heart - John Eldredge
Orthodoxy - G. K. Chesterton
Visit To Vanity Fair - Alan Jacobs
Art & Soul - Hilary Brand & Adrienne Chaplin
Good Taste, Bad Tast, and Christian Taste - Frank Burch Brown
Everything by:
C. S. Lewis Charles Williams George MacDonald W. H. Auden
Films
Babette’s Feast Romy & Michelle’s High School Reunion
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