God and Wonder
Theology, Imagination, and the Arts
- Theology
- Arts & Literature
- Publisher: Cascade Books (Wipf and Stock)
- Published: 2022
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Publisher's Description
Wonder, a topic of perennial Christian interest, draws us into fundamental questions about God and the things of God. In God and Wonder: Theology, Imagination, and the Arts, internationally recognized theologians, artists, and ministers weigh in on the place of wonder in Christian thought, attending to the ways that wonder informs our thinking about the arts, imagination, the church, creation, and the task of theology. What is the place of wonder in the Christian life? How can a theology of imagination contribute to our understanding of God and the world? What does wonder have to do with the life of the church in preaching, teaching, and worship? How might reflection on wonder enhance our understanding of place, vocation, and family? In God and Wonder readers enter a rich and insightful conversation about how cultivating wonder and the gift of imagination can revitalize our understanding of the world.
Endorsements (5)
“God and Wonder will surely capture your imagination. Rarely do articles from a theology conference sparkle like these chapters. Written almost entirely by or about artists, they remind us that artistry reflecting God's own creativity has always been the most effective expression of the gospel.”
“A multifaceted investigation of the disposition of wonder that not only constitutes a proper beginning, and end, for the study of theology, but also rightly orients us to all of created reality. This book is fantastic, and I say that very rarely about multiauthor books. What a gift to both scholars and students, and to pastors and artists as well.”
“This rich collection of essays draws upon the abundance of the arts and the imagination to recover a sense of wonder in the world, in the church, and before God. The variety of the contributions from scholars, artists, writers, and teachers produces a book that from Coleridge to Spike Lee explores the challenge of wonder and excites the reader with the riches of the imagination, from the visions of children to the wisdom of Scripture and theology.”
“This volume calls all of us to become ‘wonderstruck theologians’—a timely call indeed! But how might we learn again to be filled with awe? Here we find mundane answers that give marvelous witness to the glory of God: worship, children, homemaking, art, poetry, iconography, even lament rooted in longing. The essays in this book should reawaken the church to the nature of theological labor.”
“A diverse and rich collection of essays that hone facets of a Christian theology and practice of creative and artistic communication. An important contribution to evangelical theology that often privileges the epistemic element of Christian spirituality and neglects its affective and poetic dimensions. This book shows that wonder begins with an ineffable encounter with God that compels expression. Each chapter explores concrete modes and forms of that theological expression from church to cinema.”
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