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Author Archives: Victoria Emily Jones
Tee Time: Touchdown Jesus
Found at ebay.com.
“Revisiting the Question of the Use of Visual Art, Imagery, and Symbol in Reformed Places of Worship” by Geraldine Wheeler
This essay is published in Christian Worship in Reformed Churches Past and Present, edited by Lukas Vischer (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2003). Here are a few concrete points I’ve taken away from it: If we want to engage the total … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Non-Western Art, Western Art
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Tee Time: Walken with Jesus
Found at honcho-sfx.com.
‘Let justice roll on like a river’
This is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “. . . You who turn justice into bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground. . . . You trample on the poor and force him to give you … Continue reading
Tee Time: AC/DC Jesus
Found at ebay.com.
Visual Theology chapter outline
I highly recommend the book Visual Theology: Forming and Transforming the Community through the Arts. Click here to read my review, and see below for chapter summaries. VISUAL THEOLOGY AND THE TRADITIONAL 1. “Art’s Last Icon: Malevich’s Black Square Revisited” … Continue reading
Posted in Theology, Western Art
Tagged Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Deborah J. Haynes, Eugene Biel-Bienne, Francis Yellow, Francois de Menil, Gary Seal, George Gittoes, Ginger Henry Geyer, Graham Sutherland, Gustav Klimt, Henry Moore, Jefferson B. Riley, Joan Soranno, Jose Rafael Moneo, Kathe Kollwitz, Kazimir Malevich, Lois Peterson, Melvin R. Smith, Ricardo Cinalli, Richard Bresnahan, Richard Meier, Robert Graham, Rose J. Smith, Tina Blondell, William Bukowski
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Book Review: Visual Theology, ed. Robin M. Jensen and Kimberly J. Vrudny
When most Christians think “theology,” they think the study of God as expressed in words—in either verbal or written forms. Theology is communicated through sermons, catechisms, creeds, dialogue, books, and articles, this we know. But few Christians have considered that … Continue reading
Tee Time: Jesus Christ, eternally refreshing
Found at The Joyful Cherub.
“Jesus of the Scars” by Edward Shillito
I was unable to confirm whether Edward Shillito (1872-1948) was actually a soldier during World War I or only writing from the perspective of one. In any case, he lived during the horrors of the Great War and published this … Continue reading
Posted in Death / tragedy / suffering, Poetry, Theology
Tagged crucifixion, God with us, suffering Christ, WWI
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