God in the GalleryIs contemporary art a friend or foe of Christianity? Art historian, critic, and curator Daniel Siedell, addresses this question and presents a framework for interpreting art from a Christian worldview in God in the Gallery: A Christian Embrace of Modern Art. As such, it is an excellent companion to Francis Schaeffer's classic Art and the Bible. Divided into three parts "Theology," "History," and "Practice" God in the Gallery demonstrates that art is
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providing a big-picture overview for students of the New Testament
A guide to essential aspects of Old Testament exegesis
reveals the light that leading theologians of the early church shed on contemporary discussions of what it means to be human
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Woodley explains that Western theology has settled for a particular view of God and has perpetuated that basic view for hundreds of years
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Resources for students include flash cards and audio files
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