Images and Idols: Seeing Our Creativity Through Our Creator's Eyes

Name: Images and Idols: Seeing Our Creativity Through Our Creator's Eyes
Brand: Moody Publishers
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Author: Thomas Terry
ISBN: 9780802418487

By: Thomas Terry, Ryan Lister

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"A characteristic common to God and man," mystery writer Dorothy Sayers declares, is "the desire and ability to make things." Too often Christians and churches neglect art, imagination, and beauty altogether, while artists, on the other hand, are prone to make idols of their own creations. How to find a sane, enriching balance. 128 pages, hardcover. Moody.

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Title: Images and Idols: Seeing Our Creativity Through Our Creator's Eyes
By: Thomas Terry, Ryan Lister
Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 128
Vendor: Moody Publishers
Publication Date: 2018

Dimensions: 7.00 X 5.00 X 0.31 (inches)
Weight: 13 ounces
ISBN: 0802418481
ISBN-13: 9780802418487
Stock No: WW418487

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Christians ought to be leading the way in creativity, but we rarely do.

God is the Creator of all things, and He created us in His image. Creativity is woven into the very fabric of our humanity. Therefore, Christians should value and champion creativity as a vital part of our image-bearing role. Instead Christians often don’t know what to do with creatives and creatives don’t know what to do with Christianity. On one side you have Christians who neglect or discount art, imagination, and beauty altogether. On the other, you have artists who make idols out of each of these good things.

Ryan Lister, a theology professor, and Thomas Terry, a spoken word artist and founder of Humble Beast, team up to help restore the connection between creativity and theology. Images & Idols is a theological and artistic exploration of creativity in the Christian life. It will help creatives build a strong theological foundation for their art, while challenging the church to embrace a theology of beauty and creativity.

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THOMAS J. TERRY is the founder and executive director of Humble Beast, a record label and ministry in Portland, Oregon. As a spoken word artist and a member of Beautiful Eulogy, he seeks to bring creativity and theology together to glorify the Lord who created them both. Thomas lives with his wife, Heather, and two boys, Tobin and Kuyper, and serves as the Executive Pastor at Trinity Church of Portland.

RYAN LISTER is a professor of theology at Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon. He is the author of The Presence of God: Its Place in the Story of Scripture and the Story of Our Lives and serves as Director of Doctrine & Discipleship for Humble Beast, where he helped start the Canvas Conference. He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife, Chase, and their four children.