Becoming by Beholding: The Power of the Imagination in Spiritual Formation by La

Description: Becoming by Beholding by Lanta Davis This book restores the imagination to its central role in spiritual formation by recovering key works from the Christian tradition so readers can experience the formative power of the imagination for themselves. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description We tend to think of the imagination as the realm of fantasy and makebelieve. However, the imagination shapes our vision of reality in that the stories, symbols, and places that capture our hearts become part of who we are.Becoming by Beholding restores the imagination to its central role in spiritual formation by recovering key works from the Christian tradition, enabling us to experience the formative power of the imagination for ourselves. It also revives "the art of fashioning the soul" as an essential aspect of Christian spiritual formation and character development.Lanta Davis explains that many of the problems at the heart of the Christian church today--such as nationalism, consumerism, and partisan politics--stem from a crisis of the imagination. She encourages us to reorient our gaze from diseased cultural forms and fix our eyes instead on works from the historic Christian imaginative tradition that better reflect the love, joy, and wonder of the gospel.Becoming by Beholding will appeal to professors and students in spiritual formation, worldview, and theology and arts courses as well as to all Christian readers interested in the intersection of theology and art. Each chapter introduces a different work of the Christian imagination: icons, sacred architecture, imaginative prayer, bestiaries, and personifications of the virtues and vices. The book also includes a twenty-page insert featuring numerous full-color images. Author Biography Lanta Davis (PhD, Baylor University) is professor of humanities and literature in the John Wesley Honors College at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Indiana. She was named the IWU Outstanding Scholar of the Year for 2020 and was a Fulbright Scholar at Queens University, Belfast. Her work on the Christian imagination and formation has appeared in Christianity Today, the Christian Century, Smithsonian Magazine, Plough, and Christ and Pop Culture. Table of Contents Introduction: The Art of Fashioning the SoulPart 1: Orthodoxy: Forming Right Belief1. Who Is Jesus, and How Does He Save Us? The Strange and Beautiful Face of Jesus in Icons2. What Is Creation, and What Is Our Place in It? Webs of Wonder in BestiariesPart 2: Orthopraxy: Forming Right Practice3. How Should We Worship? A Geography for the Soul: A Tour of Chartres Cathedral4. How Should We Read Scripture? Entering the World of the Word with Ignatian PrayerPart 3: Orthopathy: Forming Moral Character5. How Do We Avoid Evil? Dantes Mirror for the Soul: Unveiling the Ugliness of Sin6. How Do We Become Good? The Art of Virtue: Imitating the Lady VirtuesConclusion Details ISBN1540966186 Author Lanta Davis Pages 240 Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781540966186 Format Paperback Subtitle The Power of the Imagination in Spiritual Formation Country of Publication United States Publisher Baker Publishing Group Imprint Baker Academic, Div of Baker Publishing Group Place of Publication Ada, MI Audience Tertiary & Higher Education DEWEY 248.4 ISBN-10 1540966186 UK Release Date 2024-09-17 Publication Date 2024-09-17 US Release Date 2024-09-17 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161192899;

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