Books, Religion & Spirituality, Religious Art

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Henri J. M. Nouwen
The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming
by Image Books / Doubleday Publishing Group (Paperback) (Release Date: 1994-03-01)

Thomas Kinkade
Thomas Kinkade Painter of Light: 2009 Day-to-Day Calendar
by Andrews McMeel Publishing (Calendar)

Thomas Kinkade is the most collected artist in the world. Known as the Painter of Light, he creates glorious paintings from simple inspirations: family, tradition, community, and the beauty and goodness of God's creation. A devout Christian, Thom uses his gift as a vehicle to communicate and spread inherent life-affirming values. These heartwarming motivations are evident in this 2009 Thomas Kinkade calendar.* 2009 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Thom's first published limited edition artwork.For the first time, each page of this popular calendar features a different full-color Thomas Kinkade image.

Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light: 2009 Day-to-Day Calendar with Scripture
by Andrews McMeel Publishing (Calendar)

Thomas Kinkade is the most collected artist in the world. Known as the Painter of Light, he creates glorious paintings from simple inspirations: family, tradition, community, and the beauty and goodness of God's creation. A devout Christian, Thom uses his gift as a vehicle to communicate and spread inherent life-affirming values. These heartwarming motivations are evident in this 2009 Thomas Kinkade calendar.* 2009 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Thom's first published limited edition artwork.This favorite calendar format from Thomas Kinkade will contain for the first time a different image of Thom's artwork on every page. Each will also include a Bible verse.

Benjamin Blech, Roy Doliner
The Sistine Secrets: Michelangelo's Forbidden Messages in the Heart of the Vatican
by HarperOne (Hardcover) (Release Date: 2008-04-29)

Five hundred years ago Michelangelo began work on a painting that became one of the most famous pieces of art in the world—the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Every year millions of people come to see Michelangelo's Sistine ceiling, which is the largest fresco painting on earth in the holiest of Christianity's chapels; yet there is not one single Christian image in this vast, magnificent artwork. The Sistine Secrets tells the fascinating story of how Michelangelo embedded messages of brotherhood, tolerance, and freethinking in his painting to encourage "fellow travelers" to challenge the repressive Roman Catholic Church of his time. "Driven by the truths he had come to recognize during his years of study in private nontraditional schooling in Florence, truths rooted in his involvement with Judaic texts as well as Kabbalistic training that conflicted with approved Christian doctrine, Michelangelo needed to find a way to let viewers discern what he truly believed. He could not ...

Thomas Kinkade
Thomas Kinkade Gardens of Grace: 2009 Wall Calendar
by Andrews McMeel Publishing (Calendar)

Thomas Kinkade is the most collected artist in the world. Known as the Painter of Light, he creates glorious paintings from simple inspirations: family, tradition, community, and the beauty and goodness of God's creation. A devout Christian, Thom uses his gift as a vehicle to communicate and spread inherent life-affirming values. These heartwarming motivations are evident in this 2009 Thomas Kinkade calendar.* 2009 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Thom's first published limited edition artwork.An inspirational quote accompanies each monthly image by Thomas Kinkade, in which he artfully depicts a garden brimming with nature's beauty.

Thomas Kinkade
Twenty-five Years of Thomas Kinkade: Special Collector's Edition 2009 Wall Calendar
by Andrews McMeel Publishing (Calendar)

Thomas Kinkade is the most collected artist in the world. Known as the Painter of Light, he creates glorious paintings from simple inspirations: family, tradition, community, and the beauty and goodness of God's creation. A devout Christian, Thom uses his gift as a vehicle to communicate and spread inherent life-affirming values. These heartwarming motivations are evident in this 2009 Thomas Kinkade calendar.* 2009 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Thom's first published limited edition artwork.This calendar showcases Thom's all-time favorite twelve images handpicked by the artist himself, accompanied by personal anecdotes describing their inspiration. The calendar includes an individually numbered, collector's keepsake card in a velum envelope and is sold in a beautifully printed folio sleeve.

Rita Nakashima Brock, Rebecca Ann Parker
Saving Paradise: How Christianity Traded Love of This World for Crucifixion and Empire
by Beacon Press (Hardcover)

When Rita Brock and Rebecca Parker began traveling the Mediterranean world in search of art depicting the dead, crucified Jesus, they discovered something that traditional histories of Christianity and Christian art had underplayed or sought to explain away: it took Jesus Christ a thousand years to die.During their first millennium, Christians filled their sanctuaries with images of Christ as a living presence in a vibrant world. He appears as a shepherd, a teacher, a healer, an enthroned god; he is an infant, a youth, and a bearded elder. But he is never dead. When he appears with the cross, he stands in front of it, serene, resurrected. The world around him is ablaze with beauty. These are images of paradise—paradise in this world, permeated and blessed by the presence of God.But once Jesus perished, dying was virtually all he seemed able to do.Saving Paradise offers a fascinating new lens on the history of Christianity, from its first centuries to the present day, and asks ...

Diana L. Eck
Darsan, Seeing the Divine Image in India
by Anima Publications (Paperback)

Although the role of the visual is essential to Indian tradition and culture, most attempts to understand its images are laden with misperceptions. Darsan, a Sanskrit word that means "seeing," is an aid to our vision, a book of ideas to help us read, think, and look at Hindu images with tolerance and imagination.

Steve Turner
Imagine: A Vision for Christians in the Arts
by InterVarsity Press (Paperback)

Imagine art that is risky, complex and subtle! Imagine music, movies, books and paintings of the highest quality! Imagine art that permeates society, challenging conventional thinking and standard morals to their core! Imagine that it is all created by Christians! This is the bold vision of Steve Turner, someone who has worked among artists--many Christian and many not--for three decades. He believes Christians should confront society and the church with the powerful impact art can convey. He believes art can faithfully chronicle the lives of ordinary people and equally express the transcendence of God. He believes that Christians should be involved in every level of the art world and in every media. Yet art and artists have not always been held in high esteem by conservative Christians. Art rarely seems to communicate clear propositional truth, rarely deals with certainties and absolutes. And the lifestyles of artists too frequently seem at odds with the gospel. ...

Ross King
Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling
by Walker & Company (Hardcover)

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