Reformed Theology and Visual Culture: The Protestant Imagination from Calvin to Edwards

William Dyrness explores the roots of Reformed theology from sixteenth-century Geneva to seventeenth and eighteenth-century Puritan New England. Though this tradition impeded development of particular visual forms, Dyrness argues that it encouraged others, especially in areas of popular culture and the order of family and community. Exploring the theology of Calvin and others, Dyrness demonstrates how the tradition created a new aesthetic of simplicity, inwardness and order to express underlying theological commitments.

Author: William A. Dyrness
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 06/10/2004
Pages: 356
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780521833233

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2005 pg. 1037

About the Author
Dyrness, William A.: - William Dyrness is Professor of Theology and Culture in the School of Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California. He is the author of over a dozen books on theology and culture including The Earth is God: A Theology of American Culture (1997) and Visual Faith: Art, Theology and Worship in Dialogue (2001).