Pictures at a Theological Exhibition: Scenes of the Church's Worship, Witness and Wisdom

Many Christians are held captive by a picture of the imagination as a purveyor of false images, prone to idolatry. We live in a society fixated on images that have little or no significance. We are surrounded by models of the world that are not in touch with any truth outside of themselves. But we lack the resources to see and imagine things differently. Kevin Vanhoozer calls the church to a more biblical and premodern picture, one that sees every particular person, thing and event in the light of God's act of reconciling the world to himself in Christ. Through essays on the church's worship, witness and wisdom, Vanhoozer shows us how a poetic imagination can answer the questions of life's meaning by drawing our attention to what really matters: the God of the gospel.

Author: Kevin J. Vanhoozer
Publisher: IVP Academic
Published: 03/30/2016
Pages: 327
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780830839599

About the Author
Vanhoozer, Kevin J.: -

Kevin J. Vanhoozer (PhD, Cambridge University) is Research Professor of Systematic Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He is the author of many works, including First Theology, The Drama of Doctrine and is coauthor with Daniel Treier of Theology and the Mirror of Scripture.