[εις επαινον δοξης αυτου] New comment on Art and Theology.

Matthew LaPine has left a new comment on your post "Art and Theology":

On the second, it's probably too difficult to explain the full context of this quote in this setting. But if you're interested in faith and the arts I would highly recommend this book by Rookmaaker.

I think the trouble is understanding what he means by idealization. I think its important to understand that liberal Christians still sought to be Christians. That is, they still wanted to promote Christ as someone to be listened to. So they tended to round off the hard corners.



Posted by Matthew LaPine to εις επαινον δοξης αυτου at 7:38 PM

[εις επαινον δοξης αυτου] New comment on Art and Theology.

Matthew LaPine has left a new comment on your post "Art and Theology":

Chris, to your first post, I think part of the answer is that evangelical Christianity tends to be sentimental; it glorifies false and shallow happiness because it thinks genuine faith is in great danger if it honestly grapples with evil and pain. It's my opinion that pain and suffering is a necessary antagonist to create genuine faith. What's ironic is that the systemic effort to eliminate all sorts of suffering through scientific endeavors has only produced more profound internal suffering. So Christian faith is actually hypocrisy because in the spirit of the age, it denies pain its proper place and pretends that the internal struggles do not exist.



Posted by Matthew LaPine to εις επαινον δοξης αυτου at 7:34 PM

[εις επαινον δοξης αυτου] New comment on Art and Theology.

Chris Trampel has left a new comment on your post "Art and Theology":

I had one other thought about this post. The author suggests that our idealizations of Christ are a result of 19th century liberal theology. But didn't the liberals try to diminish Jesus' deity? In other words, shouldn't liberal art reduce Jesus to an ordinary man? I don't see why it should turn Him into an icon.



Posted by Chris Trampel to εις επαινον δοξης αυτου at 2:54 PM

[εις επαινον δοξης αυτου] New comment on Art and Theology.

Chris Trampel has left a new comment on your post "Art and Theology":

Okay, this is something I've wondered about for a while. Why does so much modern "realistic" Christian art seem so tame and sterilized? Why is Christ's humanity threatening to moderns? It certainly wasn't to Caravaggio. The Incredulity of St. Thomas (1601) has raw power and real emotion. Where are the modern Caravaggio's?



Posted by Chris Trampel to εις επαινον δοξης αυτου at 2:48 PM

[εις επαινον δοξης αυτου] New comment on Lewis Roundtable.

Matthew LaPine has left a new comment on your post "Lewis Roundtable":

I've enjoyed him as well. Personally, I've been more of a Lewis fan. I love Till We Have Faces. As Lewis would say, you know the literature is good if you continue to revisit it.



Posted by Matthew LaPine to εις επαινον δοξης αυτου at 7:49 PM

[εις επαινον δοξης αυτου] New comment on Lewis Roundtable.

Chris Trampel has left a new comment on your post "Lewis Roundtable":

I found this discussion endlessly fascinating. I visited Jacobs' Wheaton website once but didn't recall him as the author of the Narnian. His insights into Lewis' fiction were really impressive to me. I found the contrast between Lewis and Tolkien particularly interesting. Lewis is more interested in the philosophy of science while Tolkien is preoccupied with "the machine." I haven't read the Space Trilogy since I was a boy but I'm still somewhat obsessed with LOTR. Technology is almost always associated with evil in Tolkien.



Posted by Chris Trampel to εις επαινον δοξης αυτου at 6:05 PM

[εις επαινον δοξης αυτου] New comment on Kant 101.

Matthew LaPine has left a new comment on your post "Kant 101":

I'm actually reading a long list of books about the arts right now. Currently reading Rookmaaker, Modern Art and the Death of a Culture. I have a decision to make to pursue philosophy or theology and the arts. Right now I'm trying to get prepped for Duke Divinity School's application process for their ThD in theology and the arts. I'm more likely to get funding for a PhD that route. Although, I'd love to pursue philosophy seriously.



Posted by Matthew LaPine to εις επαινον δοξης αυτου at 1:31 PM

[εις επαινον δοξης αυτου] New comment on Kant 101.

Chris Trampel has left a new comment on your post "Kant 101":

What's your next philosophy project?



Posted by Chris Trampel to εις επαινον δοξης αυτου at 8:05 AM