Rachel Hostetter Smith

Redeeming Vision

Christian Living

“Providing a useful toolbox of interpretive tools and frameworks for faithful and generative engagement with a great diversity of artworks, Redeeming Vision is a welcome new resource to help educators, students, and interested others develop their capacities for meaningful engagement with works of art informed by a vibrant and sound Christian faith. With the facility and care of a seasoned educator, Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt has designed what she describes as a 'field guide' for looking at art 'from a posture of love,' fully cognizant of the goodness of God's original creation and clear-eyed about the extent of the consequences of the fallenness of the world and of human beings, and what that knowledge requires of people of Christian faith. Well organized and illustrated, this book makes a compelling case for developing the transformative, redemptive power of learning how to look at art.”

The Unspeakable Art of Bill Viola

Arts & Literature

“Bernier's elegantly spare yet graciously eloquent voice perfectly conveys the 'posture of openness and attentiveness' he ascribes to his subject confronted with the 'beckoning' call of a God who just might be there.”