Product Description
by Jerram Barrs (Author)
Art is all around you.
Yet few of us can effectively explain why certain movies, books, plays, and songs resonate so profoundly within us, and more importantly how they attest to God's character.
Professor Jerram Barrs gives us the three key elements for evaluating great art. He then puts those qualifiers to the test by investigating five of the world's most influential authors--empowering us to better understand the character of God and helping others to know him too.
- Helps readers understand and evaluate art by highlighting three important "echoes from Eden" found in all great art
- Analyzes five of the world's most popular authors--C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, J. K. Rowling, William Shakespeare, and Jane Austen
- Affirms humanity's impulse toward artistic expression by rooting all art in the creativity of God and the beauty of his original creation
- Author's previous work won the Outreach Book of the Year award in 2010
Author Biography
Jerram Barrs (MDiv, Covenant Theological Seminary) is the founder and resident scholar of the Francis A. Schaeffer Institute at Covenant Theological Seminary, where he is professor of Christian studies and contemporary culture. He and his wife served on staff with L'Abri Fellowship in England for eighteen years. Jerram and his wife, Vicki, have three sons and seven grandchildren.
