tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55235404560533718552012-02-16T19:22:37.075-07:00The Forum...for...um...Art, Aesthetics, Philosophy, Culture, and Critique--From a Protestant PerspectiveSudor Gnemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01267754213751971022noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523540456053371855.post-71047465915895782472007-08-31T08:18:00.000-06:002007-08-31T08:36:30.117-06:00

I have finally decided on a Thesis topic for my final year at Denver Seminary. I even submitted the official proposal, and it was passed this week. I am so thankful. This will be the title of my thesis research: "Two Views of the Atonement in Contemporary Depictions of Christ in Art." The two views of atonement that I will focus on are the Christus Victor and the penal substitutionary view.

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If we limit ourselves to the study of Christian iconography, then we are choosing to study the early Christian visual language. We are not necessarily choosing to study early Christian art, neither are we choosing to study Christian theology. Iconography is essentially a visual language, and Christian iconography is parasitic. Andre Grabar, author of Christian Iconography: A Study of its Origins,

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Last week I was reminded afresh why I have never considered myself a scholar. Midterms will do that to some people. I am one of those people. One of the average folk who occasionally decieve themselves into thinking that they are greater, smarter, swifter, more eloquent, more admired, more infallible, and/or more aspiring than they really are. It seems a bit contrary to popular notions of

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I would like to resume the topic of universal beauty. I say resume because I had set out to blog about this topic last week, when suddenly a theological current swept me away and I didn't resist its tugging on my mental track. But now finally I want to bring up something that I think I have always been interested in and facinated by, that is the idea that there are natural laws, a created system

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You never know when life will capture a person. You never know when an interest will capture a life. Our existence has so much opportunity, so much potential, and we, beings possessing creative minds, if nothing else have met the prerequisites for participation in the interests of life. There is so much to be interested in that I am fascinated to imagine having one single interest so strong and

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Last week I had the pleasure of visiting the Denver Art Museum with my friend, Angela. Now, hold that thought and rewind two months ago. Two months ago I had the pleasure of visiting the Denver Art Museum on a first date. Do you sense the differing moods between the two visits just by reading these two sentences in contrast to each other? If you are thinking "yes," then congratulations--you are

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I've had reservations about kitschy objects since I was a young child. I am not very sentimental and I have always found large kitschy things, such as parade floats, particularly creepy. I doubt that I will ever find myself enthusiastic for the stuff, but I am interested in it nonetheless (So long as I don‘t have to own any). I am more intrigued by kitsch now, having read Betty Spackman‘s book, A

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Last night I had the honor to be a part of my best friend's wedding. The best part of being in a wedding is the view that comes with your position. Not the 200 guests in chairs, but you get to peer into the faces of the bride and groom. As the title of "Maid of Honor" or "Best Man" declares, you must be exactly that to the bride and/or groom to have such an excellent vantage point.Not only did I

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