Reformed Theology and Visual Culture: The Protestant Imagination from Calvin to Edwards. By William A. Dyrness. pp. xvi + 339. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. isbn 0 521 83323 X and 54073 9. Hardback £55/85; paper £19.99/30
William Dyrness introduces his book as an attempt to present contemporary Protestants with historical and theological material upon which they may wish to reflect when shaping their worship or pondering their aesthetic options. In simple terms, then, he is pleading for a recognition that the Reforme...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2006
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2006, Volume: 57, Issue: 1, Pages: 378-381 |
| Review of: | Reformed theology and visual culture (Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge University Press, 2004) (Spurr, John)
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| Summary: | William Dyrness introduces his book as an attempt to present contemporary Protestants with historical and theological material upon which they may wish to reflect when shaping their worship or pondering their aesthetic options. In simple terms, then, he is pleading for a recognition that the Reformed tradition is not inimical to imagery, beauty, or high culture. The visual and material austerity with which the Reformed tradition has become associated—the iconoclasm and iconophobia, the unadorned churches, plain worship, word-centred piety, and the adoption of print as its favoured medium—are no less a visual choice than the gorgeous vestments, ceremonial, and churches of other Christian traditions. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flj048 |