This week, our guest is Jennifer Allen Craft. We talk about the theological significance of place and the role of arts in shaping our places.

Jennifer Allen Craft (PhD, University of St. Andrews) is associate professor of humanities and theology at Point University in West Point, Georgia, where she teaches courses in theology, philosophy, and the arts.

Buy her book on Placemaking and the arts here: https://www.ivpress.com/placemaking-and-the-arts

(Dr. Craft also contributed to our book with a reflection on how artists can contribute to churches).

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Today on the The Artistic Vision podcast, we have Professor of Art History at Wheaton College, Matt Milliner. We talk about how he’s grown to appreciate modern art, a shift he labels, subverting the subversion. He also discusses the often forgotten art of the indigenous people and the neglected person of Mary, the Mother of Jesus.

Dr. Milliner holds an M.A. & Ph.D. in art history from Princeton University, and an M.Div from Princeton Theological Seminary. He is a six-time appointee to the Curatorial Advisory Board of the United States Senate, and has written for publications ranging from The New York Times to First Things. He was awarded a Commonwealth fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia, and is author most recently of The Everlasting People: G.K. Chesterton and the First Nations and Mother of the Lamb: The Story of a Global Icon.

Check out his website with links to his books here: https://www.millinerd.com/p/books.html

Also, be sure to subscribe to his newsletter at Comment Magazine called Material Mysticism here: https://comment.org/columns/material-mysticism/?hsCtaTracking=853c71f6-6902-4e7d-9b1a-9c3f925d8e1a%7C2a13daac-4090-4b1f-a16e-3aa6fe94d580

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In this episode, David Taylor talks about the arts and the church. We discuss pastoring artists, worship music in the church, embodiment, and how the arts “work” in worship.

W. David O. Taylor

David Taylor is a theologian, author, speaker, priest, and director of initiatives in art and faith. A professor at Fuller Theological Seminary, he has lectured widely on the arts, from Thailand to South Africa. He has written for The Washington Post, Image Journal, Theology Today, Worship, Religion News Service, Christianity Today, and Books & Culture, among others. He lives in Austin with his wife Phaedra, a visual artist and gardener, and his daughter Blythe and son Sebastian.

Check out his website, including his books, here.

And for added bonus, here’s his interview with Bono.

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