Drawn by Beauty
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Drawn by Beauty

Awe and Wonder in the Christian Life

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eBook - ePub

Drawn by Beauty

Awe and Wonder in the Christian Life

About this book

Wonder and awe of the beautiful is essential to the human experience. Our souls are often shaped and formed by the aesthetic experiences provided by the Creator. When we neglect this aspect of our lives, we fail to realize how God has created us uniquely to not only enjoy beauty, but to also create the beautiful. A distinctly Christian vision of these realities opens our eyes to see how God has enchanted our world to draw us toward Him, the source and substance of beauty, for a deeper experience of the Christian life.

In Drawn by Beauty: Awe and Wonder in the Christian Life, pastor and theologian Matthew Z. Capps points to the reality that our spirits are formed by God through the beautiful experiences that he offers. This book is a call to not only acknowledge the effect that beauty has on the human spirit, but it is an appreciation of the obviously divine presence in the things of this world that are truly awe inspiring.

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Information

Publisher
B&H Academic
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781087787114
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Biblical Studies

Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Chapter 1: A Meditation on a Seashore | Waking Up to the Beauty around Us
  4. Chapter 2: The Echoes of Footsteps in Empty Rooms | Why Has Beauty Become a Theological Beast?
  5. Chapter 3: The World, the Word, and Wide-Eyed Wonder | Beauty and the Two Books of God
  6. Chapter 4: Behold, Our Beautiful God | Tasting and Seeing That the Lord Is Good
  7. Chapter 5: Prone to Wander, Pardoned to Wonder | From Bondage to Beholding His Beauty
  8. Chapter 6: Christians, the True Aesthetes | Imaging God in Our Being and Making
  9. Chapter 7: Further Up and Further In | Meadows, Museums, and Spiritual Formation
  10. Chapter 8: A Glimmer of Transcendence | On Artisans, Art, and Appreciation
  11. Appendix: Coming to Art with Your Senses | Aesthetic Awareness for Art Appreciation
  12. Author Index
  13. Subject Index
  14. Scripture Index

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