Art & Architecture: Their Use in Christian Theology and Worship

by Hughes Oliphant Old

Much more than a book about art & architecture, this book will enrich your faith and fill you with awe. Discover beauty, art, and architecture’s connection to theology and worship. Let pastor and scholar Hughes Oliphant Old be your guide through Scripture and history as you experience the deeper implications of art in the service of worship. Understand “beauty as reflection of divine greatness,” see how prayer and the Lord’s Table have impacted design and shaped the way churches have been built. Be introduced to Van Gogh, Albrecht Durer and Rembrandt in a whole new way. As Christ is God in the flesh, art and architecture in Church history have embodied theology and spoken eloquently of God’s glory, truth, sacrifice and power.

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First published October 9, 2012

About the author

Dr. Hughes Oliphant Old was the John H. Leith Professor of Reformed Theology and Worship at Erskine Theological Seminary and Dean of the Institute for Reformed Worship. He was a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary and studied at the University of Tübingen, the Protestant Theological Faculty of Paris, the Institute Catholique of Paris, and the University of Basel. He completed a D. théol. at the University of Neuchâtel and was appointed a member of the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, New Jersey. His 18 years of pastoral ministry in two churches, combined with meticulous research, has informed his prolific publishing.

Reviews

[Chesna · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read this in a day, and it felt like a defense of art in Christian life, which was not what I expected. Was hoping for a more robust engagement with the theology of beauty - but, you know, it's short.