Daniel A. Siedell

New Wine Tastings

Theology

“Paul Metzger's robust Trinitarian theology, shaped through Barth and the Church Fathers, is the engine that drives his insightful and provocative cultural criticism, allowing him to explore with equal confidence Native American missions and Johnny Cash. Metzger's confident yet winsome approach to culture charts a new path for a Christian witness in and for culture in the twenty-first century. His is a voice to which I will listen closely.”

Redeeming Vision

Christian Living

“Art is a practice that needs to be learned, a practice into which one is initiated. This is as true for viewers as it is for artists. Yet too often Christian approaches to the visual arts, especially modern and contemporary art, have not provided the practical resources for viewers, remaining as they have been in the philosophical or theological realm. Moreover, these writers too often make works of art into illustrations for those ideas, taking them from the realm of looking to the realm of thinking. Weichbrodt has provided what Christian discourse about the visual arts over the last fifty years has lacked: an on-the-ground guide to looking. Redeeming Vision is a remarkable text that will play a crucial role in helping to initiate countless curious but often confused seekers into the practice of looking at art. Weichbrodt’s text will also be an important resource for negotiating the intensifying culture wars, which deploy images as weapons in the political battles over vision.”