catapult magazine

on christianity and the arts. any suggestions?

Calvin Seerveld’s Rainbows for a Fallen World or Bearing Fresh Olive Leaves (the best and most recent).

Art and Soul by Hilary Brand & Adrienne Chaplin (also recent and very good).

Modern Art and the Death of a Culture by Rookmaker (written in the late 1960’s).

thanks i’ll check those out

Rainbows… is great.
If you can find Art in Action by Nicholas Wolterstorff, it’s very good though not the easiest read.
Walking on Water by Madeleine L’Engle is interesting.

I had to put together a resource list folk a talk on fiction and came up with the following. Haven’t gotten to check too many out but they may be worth looking at.

Addicted to Mediocrity: 20th Century Christians and the Arts by Franky Schaeffer and Francis A. Schaeffer

Good Taste, Bad Taste, & Christian Taste: Aesthetics in Religious Life by Frank Burch Brown

Imagine: A Vision for Christians in the Arts by Steve Turner

Inspired: the Breath of God (Conversations with Gifted People About Their Faith and Inspiration) by Joanna Laufer and Kenneth S. Lewis

It Was Good: Making Art to the Glory of God by Ned Bustard (Editor)

The Mind of the Maker by Dorothy L. Sayers

Roaring Lambs by Bob Briner

Voicing Creations Praise: Towards a Theology of the Arts by Jeremy S. Begbie and Colin E. Gunton

Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art by Madeleine L’Engle

—Dave