02716cam a2200349 4500 1297901954 TxAuBib 20211119120000.0 200501s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020938043 9780300254143 hardcover 0300254148 hardcover (OCoLC)1146587753 YDX eng YDX BDX OCLCQ ERASA SLV OCLCO OQX PBU OCLCF P$H CDX YDXIT PTS PAU LNT OCO OCLCO NYP BKL OCLCO OCL UKMGB DLC TxAuBib Fujimura, Makoto, 1960- Art and faith : a theology of making / Makoto Fujimura ; foreword by N. T. Wright. Art + faith. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020] 2020. xiii, 167 p. ; 20 cm. Cover title: Art + faith. Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-158) and index. The sacred art of creating -- The divine nature of creativity -- Beauty, mercy, and the new creation -- Kintsugi: the "new newness" -- Caring and loving, the work of making -- Seeing the future with the eyes of the heart -- Imagination and faith -- The journey to the new through Christ's tears -- Christ's tears in the cultural river -- Lazarus culture. "From a world-renowned painter, an exploration of creativity's quintessential-and often overlooked-role in the spiritual life. Written over thirty years of painting and creating in his studio, this book is Makoto Fujimura's broad and deep exploration of creativity and the spiritual aspects of "making." What he does in the studio, he asserts, is theological work as much as it is aesthetic work. In between pouring precious, pulverized minerals onto handmade paper to create the prismatic, refractive surfaces of his art, he comes into the quiet space in the studio, in a discipline of awareness, waiting, prayer, and praise. Ranging from the Bible to T. S. Eliot, and from Mark Rothko to Japanese Kintsugi technique, he shows how unless we are making something, we cannot know the depth of God's being and God's grace permeating our lives. This poignant and beautiful book offers the perspective of, in Christian Wiman's words, "an accidental theologian," one who comes to spiritual questions always through the prism of art"-- Source other than Library of Congress. 20211119. Creative ability Religious aspects Christianity. Spiritual life. Christianity and the arts. Religious materials. Wright, N. T, (Nicholas Thomas.)