Highlighted Episode: Art as a Window into the Divine, with guest Katie Kresser, Seattle Pacific University

November 07, 2022 00:47:31
Highlighted Episode: Art as a Window into the Divine, with guest Katie Kresser, Seattle Pacific University
Faith and Imagination: A BYU Humanities Center Podcast
Highlighted Episode: Art as a Window into the Divine, with guest Katie Kresser, Seattle Pacific University

Nov 07 2022 | 00:47:31

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Show Notes

This week we highlight a past episode of our Faith and Imagination Podcast. Katie Kresser is a 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. On this episode, Matthew Wickman, founding director of the BYU Humanities Center, speaks with her about how art accentuates the relationship between the human and the divine. They also discuss Katie’s theological and devotional vision of art and how she arrived at this vision.

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