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Christian Theology for the Artist

Instructor: Daniel Ray Miller

Dan 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.

The 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.

Family, 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