Three Week Arts Program

“Our world has changed for better or for worse. It is for us to find truth and beauty for today, constantly re-applying the truth of God’s word to our own time and our contemporary situation.”

(Hans Rookmaaker)

 

God’s word never changes but the situation which we are called to apply it to are constantly changing.  How can we recapture God’s beauty and truth in todays culture?  How have Christian artists of the past fulfilled this calling?  And why is art important for all Christians, not just artists.

Art affects every area of our lives, from the design of the coffee mug we use each morning to movie or book we relax with in the evening.  What our culture interprets as lovely, amusing, motivating, and appropriate dictates the form of our social spaces, and communication with one another.  Yet we know, as Christians, that scripture should be applied to every area of our lives.  How does our culture’s art measure up to God’s nature of truth, goodness, and beauty?

Our faculty members are excited to help students explore these questions and apply scriptural principles in their everyday lives, so that they may impact our culture for God.  Returning to the words of Hans Rookmaaker, Christian thinker and art critic:

 

“What is Christian in art does not lie in the theme but in the spirit of it, in its wisdom and the understanding of reality it reflects.”

For information contact: Ginny Walker

info@genevainstitute.org

Or visit link: Responsible Engagement: The Christian and Culture