The Arts and the Christian Imagination: Essays on Art, Literature, and Aesthetics Volume 2 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781612618616)

Dr. Clyde Kilby was known to many as an early, long and effective champion of C. S. Lewis, and the founder of the Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College, IL, for the study of the works of Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and other members of the Inklings. Less known is that Dr. Kilby was also an apologist in his time for arts, aesthetics and beauty, particularly among Evangelicals.

This collection offers a sampler of the work of Dr. Clyde Kilby on these themes. He writes reflections under four headings: "Christianity, Art, and Aesthetics"; "The Vocation of the Artist"; "Faith and the Role of the Imagination"; and "Poetry, Literature and the Imagination."

With a unique voice, Kilby writes from a specific literary and philosophical context that relates art and aesthetics with beauty, and all that is embodied in the classics. His work is particularly relevant today as these topics are being embraced by Protestants, Evangelicals, and indeed people of faith from many different traditions. A deeply engaging book for readers who want to look more closely at themes of art, aesthetics, beauty and literature in the context of faith.

Author: Clyde S. Kilby
ISBN-10: 1612618618
ISBN-13: 9781612618616
Publisher: Paraclete Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2017
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.40d