Matthew R. S. Todd

Broschiertes Buch

Historical Attitudes That Have Shaped the Church's Use of the Arts

Beschreibung

Matthew Todd reflects on two millennia of religious action, reaction, and inaction with the arts. His composition mines the question, "What attitudes have shaped the Church's use of the arts?" The book briefly addresses a range of diverse attitudes encompassing the disciplines of theology, philosophy, sociology, humanities, aesthetics and psychology. A panorama of attitudes are winnowed out from historical epochs in the Ancient, Medieval, Reformational and Modern/Postmodern Church. What emerges is that the Church's attitudes towards the arts is mixed and deeply impacted by secular practices, renewal, philosophical movements, and theological interpretation. Two things can be stated at the outset: first, the Church's attitudes towards the arts have not been conceived in a vacuum. Secondly, as C.S. Lewis pointed out, when "Christian activities have been directed toward this present world... the arts (have) tended to flourish in its neighborhood." This is the first book I've seen that shows the diversity of attitudes that have shaped the Church's involvement in the arts to the present day. The Church's attitudes towards the arts have often been shaped by various movements and interpretations. Often today I find Christians largely unaware of how much Western culture has been shaped by Christian values. Matthew helps us get a more informed perspective. Dal Schindell, Instructor in Art & Christianity, Director of the Lookout Gallery, Regent College

Autor

Matthew Todd (MTS, MA, DTL) is the author of Hope Alive: Going and Growing through Pain (2016), English Ministries Crisis in Chinese Canadian Churches (2015), The interface of Percussive arts, religious experience, and sacred Association (2008), and Historical Attitudes that have shaped the Church's use of the Arts (2010). He has taught over thirteen years as an adjunct theology, philosophy, and ethics teacher with L.I.F.E. and P.L.B.C. Canada. The author has served in English ministries in bicultural and bilingual settings as a speaker, counselor, community service worker and ordained English ministries associate track lead pastor. He has assisted amongst Italian, Romanian, Filipino, English, and various Chinese ethnic churches. He has additionally served in the executive leadership of the Chinese churches association in the Mennonite Brethren as a English pastors liaison, in the former Greater Vancouver English Ministries Fellowship (VCEMF - now morphed into what is called Shepherds Circle), helping to plan joint ministerial initiatives and next generation Chinese Canadian events in southern British Columbia. Todd is a Big Band drummer and currently maintains an active writing and itinerant speaking ministry; and a key focus of his written work has been towards the mission longevity and health of English ministry congregations in Chinese bicultural church contexts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Word Alive Press
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 245g
• ISBN-13: 9781926676685
• ISBN-10: 1926676688
• Artikelnr.: 29722815