
| A
Whole New Mind
by Daniel Pink
Pink, best-selling author of Free Agent Nation (2001) and also former
chief speechwriter for former vice-president Al Gore, has crafted
a profound read packed with an abundance of references to books,
seminars, Web sites, and such to guide your adjustment to expanding
your right brain if you plan to survive and prosper in the Western
world. According to Pink, the keys to success are in developing and
cultivating six senses: design, story, symphony, empathy, play, and
meaning. Pink compares this upcoming "Conceptual Age" to
past periods of intense change, such as the Industrial Revolution
and the Renaissance, as a way of emphasizing its importance. Ed Dwyer
(From Booklist, -Amazon.com) |

| The Adventures of Johnny
Bunko: The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need
by Daniel Pink
"What a ride! This story had me laughing out loud,
nodding my head, and cheering all at the same time. It delivers a
message I wish I had heard years ago when trying to figure out my "career".
The surprising thing, is that the six essential lessons experienced
in Johnny Bunko are still very powerful and very relevant to me-even
after almost 20 years in the workforce. You can't help, after putting
down the book, re-examining your life choices regardless of your
age or life stage. " (review from Kenny Lauer at Amazon.com) |

| The Artist's Way
by Julia Cameron
With the basic principle that creative expression is the
natural direction of life, Julia Cameron and Mark Bryan lead you
through a comprehensive twelve-week program to recover your creativity
from a variety of blocks, including limiting beliefs, fear, self-sabotage,
jealousy, guilt, addictions, and other inhibiting forces, replacing
them with artistic confidence and productivity.
(Amazon.com) |

| Art in Service of the
Sacred
by Catherine Capikian
Art in Service of the Sacred encourages congregations to take seriously
the role of visual art in worship and in the broader life of the
church. This rich resource explores the dynamics between art, artist,
and the church. It proclaims the power of art when used as art, reclaims
the presence of religious symbols in worship, asserts the importance
of the aesthetic dimensions of ecclesial space, and recovers the
role of visual art to engage our senses and imaginations as we seek
to encounter God in our lives. (Amazon.com) |
 
| Windows into the Soul -
Art as Spiritual Expression
by Michael Sullivan
Windows into the Soul is a practical, hands-on
resource for those who want to explore prayer and contemplation
for themselves, approaching the process not as an artist but as a
spiritual seeker. Readers will find projects in various media, including
clay, charcoal, and acrylic, including not only technical directions,
but a gentle guide to the spiritual gold to be mined from the experience.
(Amazon.com) |
| Celebrating Pluralism
by F. Graeme Chalmers
Chalmers describes how art education programs promote cross-cultural
understanding, recognize racial and cultural diversity, enhance
self-esteem in students' cultural heritage, and address issues
of ethnocentrism, stereotyping, discrimination, and racism.
After providing the context for multicultural art education,
Chalmers examines the implications for art education of the
broad themes found in art across cultures. (Amazon.com) |

| The
Artist's Reality: Philosophies of Art
by Mark Rothko
Rothko longed to discover a new, post-Christian "myth" that
could express a unified outlook on life by embodying "the world
of ideals." Little did he realize at the time that the resolution
of his dilemma would be based on a radically new approach to handling
paint and using color. —Cathy Curtis (Amazon.com) |

| Walking
on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art
by Madeleine L'Engle
Walking on Water collects 12 brief meditations by Madeleine L'Engle
on the nature of art and its relation to faith. L'Engle, the beloved
author of A Wrinkle In Time among others, has written and spoken
widely and wisely about the connection between religion and art. |
| The
Manga Bible
by Siku, 2007
The Manga Bible is a Bible adaptation created in the style of 'Manga',
which is Japanese for 'comics' or 'whimsical images.' The conecpt
artist for the project, Siku, has published four different volumes.
One volume is available for purchase in the United States. the others
are availble through Amazon UK.
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Theological Aesthetics
by Gesa Elsbeth Thiessen, 2004
Artists working in the fields of faith
seek to resolve the same subjects as theologians, past and present.
In Theological Aesthetics both art and theology find common
verbal ground. Thiessen edits centuries of discourse in theological
aesthetics into tidy segments that can be read in 20 minutes or so.
In doing so, she breaks open the subject for visual artists to study,
to practice, and to make their own. Highly recommended. |
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The Mind of
the Maker
by Dorothy L Sayers, 1941
In this book, noted author Dorothy Sayers views
the creative process through a Trinitarian framework. She successfully
applies the concept of Idea, Energy and Power to the Creator, the artist
and the audience. This book will prove worthwhile for artists serious
about working in the intersections of scripture, faith, social justice
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Grace
and Necessity
by Rowan WIlliams, 2005
"The human artist, in creating out of
love, never exhausts either herself or the world’s possibilities.
Something new comes forth, both in the artwork and in the artist.
God of course has nothing to uncover and Godself is perfectly
transparent to itself (Wisdom 7:23). But this is not the case
for us humans. The artist does not need to be a saint himself,
but without his art we cannot discern what sanctity is, the relation
of human making and God’s call that we love." from the
online review of Grace and Necessity by The Rt. Rev. Pierre W.
Whalon, D.D. more>
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The
Art of God
by Christopher Irvine, 2005
"The first chapter of The Art of God addresses the
question of who we are in the visual terms of our being made 'in the
image and according to the likeness of God.' Chapter 2 traces out the
New Testament witness to Christ as the pattern of what it is that God
is calling us to be and become as Christians. But this survey of the
New TEstament yields something more, a visio of Christianity as a religion
of transformation, change and transfiguration. It is this vision that
casts light upon the meaning of worship, and for this reason, the book
begins not with a discussion of worship , but an outline of that vision
as it is shown in Christian art and witnessed to in Scripture and Christian
theological reflection." - from the Introduction |
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Likeness
and Presence - A History of the Image before the Era of Art
by Hans Belting, 1994
"Before the Renaissance and Reformation, holy images were
treated not as 'art' but as objects of veneration which possessed the
tangible presence of the Holy. ... In this magisterial book, Hans Belting
traces the long history of the sacral image and its changing role -
from surrogate for the represented image to an original work of art
- in European culture."
- from the back cover
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