Titles Tout Creativity as a Spiritual Path By Cathy Lynn Grossman | Dec 14, 2020
Religion and spirituality are not only matters of the soul, mind, or heart. They are expressed in artworks, photography, and music as well. Among the titles coming in 2021 are books that celebrate these expressions. In this troubled winter, they promise inspiration, consolation, and connection, from the earth to the heavens. A sampling includes:
Art and Faith: A Theology of Making(Yale, Jan. 5) by painter Makoto Fujimura, with a foreword by biblical scholar N. T. Wright, is drawn from 30 years of making art. According to Yale acquiring editor Jennifer Banks, Fujimura knew from childhood that whenever he painted, “I felt as if an electrical charge were going through me. Every time I created and felt that charge, I was experiencing the Holy Spirit. I now consider what I do in the studio to be theological work as much as aesthetic work. I experience God, my Maker, in the studio