Articles
The following articles, written by friends and associates of Art Project, explore the connection between Christianity and the arts.
- The Problem of Meaninglessness by R. Wesley Hurd. Explores the ways in which intellectual culture affects finding meaning.
- The Critical Zone: Speculations on a Conceptual Space for Postmodern Seekers by R. Wesley Hurd. Discusses the plight of those who seek truth.
- 2010 Gutenberg College Commencement Address: Wild Around the Edges by Linford Detweiler. Addresses the 2010 Gutenberg College graduating class.
- Thoughts on Art and Its Making by R. Wesley Hurd. Explores the definition, language, process, and effect of art.
- Digging Beneath Six Feet Under by Nancy Scott. Explores how a modern television show raises and answers questions about the meaning of life and death.
- Is Goodness Boring? by Ron Julian. Shows how "virtue" suffers in two book-to-movie stories.
- Christians & Serious Art by R. Wesley Hurd. Discusses the nature of fine art and the challenges for the Christian artist.
- How the Story Ends by Ron Julian. Reviews three movies that highlight our culture's semi-biblical view of death.
- The Artful in Us All by R. Wesley Hurd. Describes the inevitable place of art in human experience and the challenge of Christian artmaking.
- Creating in Faith by Jeff Johnson. Reflections on being an artist and a Christian.
- Art and Modern Art by R. Wesley Hurd. Considers how modern art speaks and what it is saying about the human condition.
- A Little Light Reading by Ron Julian. Presents a personal appreciation of Christian values in the arts, as seen in the Father Brown stories.
- A Room Full of Books by Jeff Johnson. Portrays the value of books in our spiritual journey.
- Thoughts on Art, Popular Culture, and the Gospel by Tucker A. Teague. Explores the effect of the popular visual arts on our perception of reality and the communication of the gospel.
- After Virtue by R. Wesley Hurd. Portrays the departure of the ideal of virtue from the arts and popular culture.
- Artistic Calling in the Church by R. Wesley Hurd. Defends the legitimacy of art as a calling for believers.
- Schindler's List by R. Wesley Hurd. Reflects on the significance of Spielberg's film to the baby-boom generation.
- Outer Limitations by Nancy Scott. Highlights the worldview assumptions behind the classic sci-fi series, "The Outer Limits."
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