03536nam a2200325 a 4500 7737346 AUA.1 20160112122340.0 810810s1981 miua b 000 0 eng 80070154 0801077028 (pbk.) : DLC DLC EXN EXNs [419470] 1 [419470] BR 115 .A8 C44 1981 246 19 BR 115 .A8 C44 The Christian imagination : essays on literature and the arts / [edited by] Leland Ryken. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Book House, c1981. 448 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references. Contents: Christianity and culture / C.S. Lewis -- Christian imagination / C.S. Kilby -- Toward a Biblical view of aesthetics / F.E. Gaebelein -- In the beginning, God created / L. Ryken -- The arts: a bridge between the natural and spiritual realms / C.N. Huizenga -- Some perspectives on art / F.A. Schaeffer -- What is truth in art? / F.E. Gaebelein -- On evil in art / T. Howard -- Homer, Dante, and all that / T. Howard -- Literature and the greatness of man / R.M. Frye -- Religion and literature / T.S. Eliot -- The Christian reader / N.M. Tischler -- Shakespeare and Christianity / S.J. Van Der Weele -- The Bible as literature / L. Ryken -- A Christian approach to modern literature / V. Ramey -- Reality in modern literature / A.H. Leitch -- Myth: a flight to reality / T. Howard -- A Christian view of tragedy / E.B. Batson -- Can satire be religious? / H. Boonstra -- The religious meaning of comedy / N. Vos -- The art of poetry / L. Ryken -- The play's the thing--or is it? / G.C. Bennett -- A Christian perspective on film / M. Coppenger -- The advantages of the Christian faith for a writer / C. Walsh -- Novelist and believer / F. O'Connor -- Poems should stay across the street from the church / R. Jellema -- The Christian novel and the evangelical dilemma / J.W. Ingles -- Unwelcoming the Christian poet / J. Leax -- How the few and the many use pictures / C.S. Lewis -- Letter to a Christian artist / H.R. Rookmaaker -- On praising God with our senses / V.S. Owens -- Christian art / C. Seerveld -- Would Augustine have enjoyed Picasso? / M. Marchak -- Christian responsibility in music / H.M. Best -- Christian hymnody / E.M. Clarkson -- The place of music in Christian life / R. Elmore -- How the few and the many use music / C.S. Lewis -- The Christian and music / F.E. Gaebelein. Summary: "The essays in this volume," writes the editor, "represent essays that I have found essential to my own thinking about Christianity and the arts." He recommends them as "the materials from which anyone can build a solid Christian approach to the arts." The articles are clustered around these topics: a philosophy of the arts, literature, eight literary forms (myth, tragedy, satire, comedy, the novel, poetry, drama, film), the writer, the visual arts, and music. All contributions offer Christian perspectives on these subjects. - Back cover. Read less Christianity and the arts. 30875 Christianity and literature. 30876 Ryken, Leland. 30877 lcc BOOK BR 115 .A8 C44 1981 8950 8950 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2013-01-14 Donation, Theological Book Network 25.00 AUA012335 0 BR 115 .A8 C44 1981 AUA012335 2013-01-14 00:00:00 25.00 2013-01-14 BOOK