Foreword : Remembering Clyde S. Kilby / William Dyrness -- Eleven resolutions to guide life / Clyde S. Kilby -- Section 1 : Christianity, the arts, and aesthetics. Introduction / William Dyrness -- The Christian and the arts -- Christianity and aesthetics -- Modern art's pursuit of form -- Section 2 : The vocation of the artist. Introduction / William Dyrness -- The Christian and culture -- In defense of beauty -- Vision, belief, and individuality -- Evangelicalism and human freedom -- Section 3 : Faith and the role of the imagination. Introduction / William Dyrness -- A dialogue on belief -- Knowledge vs. wisdom -- The decline and fall of the Christian imagination -- Evangelicals and the call of the imagination -- A perfect state of society -- Section 4 : Poetry, literature, and the imagination. Introduction / William Dyrness -- In defense of poetry -- The world of poetry -- The uses of fiction.
Summary:
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. - Publisher.
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