Art as a Window onto the Divine, with guest Katie Kresser, Seattle Pacific University

September 13, 2021 00:48:01
Art as a Window onto the Divine, with guest Katie Kresser, Seattle Pacific University
Faith and Imagination: A BYU Humanities Center Podcast
Art as a Window onto the Divine, with guest Katie Kresser, Seattle Pacific University

Sep 13 2021 | 00:48:01

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Show Notes

Katie Kresser is Professor of Art History at Seattle Pacific University and author of the 2019 book Bezalel’s Body: The Death of God and the Birth of Art. The book describes how art accentuates the relationship between the human and the divine. We talk about Katie’s theological and devotional vision of art and how she arrived at this vision.

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