How Visual Arts Reveal and Shape a Culture's Affections with Walter Bowen - EP187

About this episode

Scott discusses with Walter Bowen the impact of visual arts on understanding and communicating the Gospel.

What role do the arts play in shaping how people hear and understand the Gospel? On this episode of The Sent Life, Scott sits down with Walter Bowen to talk about how visual arts can give us a window into a culture's affections and help us communicate the Gospel more faithfully. Join us as we discuss why the arts matter for missionaries! Thanks for tuning in to The Sent Life! We love hearing from our listeners. Tell us what you thought of this episode or suggest future topics by contacting cgcs@sebts.edu. Resources: You Are What You Love by James K. Smith - https://www.amazon.com/You-Are-What-Love-Spiritual-ebook/dp/B012H10K3G The Religious Affections by Jonathan Edwards - https://www.amazon.com/Religious-Affections-Jonathan-Edwards/dp/0851514855 Transforming Worldviews by Paul Hiebert - https://www.amazon.com/Transforming-Worldviews-Anthropological-Understanding-People/dp/0801027055 Saving Leonardo: A Call to Resist the Secular Assault on Mind, Morals, and Meaning by Nancy Pearcey - https://www.amazon.com/Saving-Leonardo-Secular-Assault-Meaning/dp/1433669277 For the Beauty of the Church by David O'Taylor - https://www.amazon.com/Beauty-Church-Casting-Vision-Arts/dp/0801071917…

People in this episode

Host: Scott

Guest: Walter Bowen

Topics covered

• visual arts
• Gospel communication
• cultural affections
• missionary work
• importance of arts

Keywords

• visual arts
• Gospel
• culture
• missionaries
• affection
• art importance
• communication

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: You Are What You Love, The Religious Affections, Transforming Worldviews, Saving Leonardo: A Call to Resist the Secular Assault on Mind, Morals, and Meaning, For the Beauty of the Church, Visual Faith, Contextualizing the Faith, Modern Art and the Death of a Culture

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