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Reformation of the Arts and Music An Exploration of the Arts, Music, and the Christian Worldview THE LATEST • The Fiery Serpent: A Christian Theory of Film and Theater a new book • Transforming Culture: A Vision for the Church and the Arts conference in Austin Texas, April 1-3 2008 • Arts for the Soul explore your creativity in Colorado • Harry Potter: Spiritual and Medieval Symbolism - mp3 lectures part 1, part 2 and part 3 • Dangerous Beauty: The subversive art of this age? • The Triumph of Genius celebrating Mozart • Christians and Cultural Mediocrity • Music and the Brain the elements of some great tunes • Classical Spotlight artist mp3 interviews • The Nature of True Beauty and Question and Answer Session with Albert Mohler • Commerce and Culture excellent series of mp3 lectures by Paul Cantor on theater, music and other arts • Who's Afraid of Flannery O'Connor? and The Best of O'Connor by Douglas Jones • The Importance of Understanding Art When Engaging Non-Christians: A Reflection Paper on the Thought of Dr. Francis Schaeffer by David Fairchild • Is The Truth Out There? on television and Christianity • The Future of Film • Jerram Barrs Lectures - The Quest for Goodness in the Writings of JRR Tolkien and Jane Austen: Great Christian Novelist THINK ABOUT THESE • Recovering Poetry for our Children • Stories As Nourishment by John Erickson • Artículos sobre cultura y artes Arts articles in Spanish • The Place of the Artist in the Christian Community by Robert Russell • In Praise of Otherness by Eric Metaxas • Jacob van Ruisdael, the Dutch Master • Freedom Through Limitations by Greg Wilbur • Arkangel Shakespeare on Audio CD excellent recordings (also try the local library) • A Biblical Theology of Entertainment mp3 audio lecture by William Edgar • Francis A. Schaeffer: The Early Years mp3 audio lectures by Jerram Barrs • A Child's Introduction to Shakespeare mp3 audio download • Do You Dare To Dance? • Eight Secrets to Teaching Art in the Home • The Great 20th Century Art Scam • For Useless Learning • The Metaphorical Word by Douglas Wilson • God the Riddler • Life and Art Bringing truth, beauty and emotion into balance • Stories for Children Children need more than modern day amusements provide • The Reluctant Death of Modernism • Artists in the Making • The Lost Arts Will Christians rediscover the value of creative expression? • Thoughts on Venus • Is Dance a Lesser Art Form? • The Collapse of the Avant-Garde • Imagination as a Means of Grace • The Fourth 'R' in Education: Art • The Lost Art of Patronage • Mystery, Manners, and the Mind of the Maker • Modern Art: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly • The Dark Side of the Cross On Flannery O'Connor's short fiction • Celebrity and Mortality • Waking Ned Devine A scene-by-scene analysis of Kirk Jones's 1998 film • Criteria for Christian Arts Appreciation • Creativity & the Bible • Poetic Ministry • Art and Modern Art • Thoughts on Art and Pop Culture • Artistic Calling in the Church • Christians and the Arts Manifesto • The Meaning and Greatness of Christian Art by R.J. Rushdoony • The Christian Artist in Ministry by Craig Pitman • Forgotten Woods MUSIC • Why Music Education is More Important than the Other Arts by Greg Wilbur • A Godly "Hearitage" Children and music • The Passions of Bach Bach, the "fifth evangelist" • Why Christians Should Read Music • BBC Radio Music Lectures - Discovering Music and the Reith 2006 Daniel Barenboim Lectures • Music as Spirit • Thoughts on Worship and Playing for Worship and by Greg Wilbur • Royal Music Great music gives glory not to musicians, but to God. • Jazz Without Joy • Developing Divas Finishing school for young opera singers • Advice to a Young Musician • Discovering Classical Music • Singing as a Symbol of Christian Unity • Understanding the Rules of Music • Music and the Word • Music Unplugged • Good Cessations • Reaching Out - An Artist's Perspective by Hilary Hahn • Why Listen to Dead White Males? • Effortless Singing? CINEMA • Primer, the Movie - comments by Greg Wilbur, and an interview with filmmaker Shane Carruth • Cyclops: About Television mp3 audio, includes interviews with screenwriters Dean Batali and Craig Dewier • Beyond Miramax Far from Hollywood, new filmmaking communities emerge • 25 Years of Rocky Balboa • Television is Good for You • The New Cinema • Cinema Short Takes • Shallowness in Movies • The Motion Picture Production Code of 1930 • Shaken Not Stirred WRITING AND POETRY • The Best Writing Teacher • Is it Poetry or Prose? • The Language of Poetry • Poetry and Prose: Choosing the Right Words • Poetry and Knowlege • This Is Poetry? • Futures for Sale • The Comedy of Mark Twain • Foundations of Storytelling ARCHITECTURE • Questions on Architecture • Is There a Christian Architecture? • Beware Ugly Architecture • Consider the Choir ORGANIZATIONS • Master's Academy of Fine Arts • Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composers • Church Music National Conference • Dance Ad Deum • Christian Performing Artists' Fellowship • Christians in the Visual Arts • Crescendo Professional Classical Musicians • North Atlanta School of the Arts Christian High School • The Doxology Institute • Ballet Magnificat! School of the Arts Jackson Mississippi • C.S. Lewis Society of California RESOURCES • Introduction to Shakespeare Online audio lessons • Talespinners for Children Classic stories in mp3 • Music Moose Video music lessons • The Alphabet of Art • The WebMuseum Network • Vermeer Art Gallery • The American Museum of Photography • A History of Photography • Mercury Theatre on the Air Classic radio programs • Essentials of Music • Easy Music Theory • Animated Music Theory Lessons • Silent Era Films • Decent Films Guide • Christian Spotlight on the Movies • Mars Hill Audio Last updated: 26 February 2008 Updated by: Matt Bynum