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Biblical Worldview / Philosophy of Aesthetics Creative Writing: A Faith and Learning Bibliography Prepared by Randall A. Smith, Ph.D., Martha G. Krystaponis, Joy E. Patterson, and Deanna J. Vanderver While compiling the bibliography, the editors attempted to balance general and focused research. On the one hand, we included books related to the broad field of creative writing, from pedagogy to practice. On the other hand, we included many books related specifically to the intersection of a biblical, or Christian, worldview and creativity, composition, and aesthetics. Overall, the bibliography should prove useful to teachers, students, and writers regardless of worldview perspective. If you have suggestions for other works to include, please contact Dr. Randall Smith (Creative Writing Department Chair, Belhaven University, Jackson, MS) at [email protected]. Parenthetical material at the end of individual bibliographical entries indicates call numbers or holdings for the Belhaven University Warren A. Hood Library. Biblical Worldview / Philosophy of Aesthetics Abrams, Meyer H. The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition. Oxford UP, 1971. Barratt, David, Leland Ryken, and Roger Pooley, eds. The Discerning Reader: Essays on Christian Literary Criticism. Baker, 1995. (261.58/D6311) Bass, Alice. The Creative Life: A Workbook for Unearthing the Christian Imagination. InterVarsity, May 2001. (248.4/B293c) Bayles, David and Orland, Ted. Art and Fear: Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking. Image Continuum, 2001. (701.15/B343a) Begbie, Jeremy, ed. Beholding the Glory: Incarnation Through the Arts. Baker, 2000. (261.57/B395) ---. Sounding the Depths: Theology Through the Arts. SCM, 2003. (246/So84) ---. Voicing Creation’s Praise: Towards a Theology of the Arts. Clark, 1991. (246/B393v) Bohm, David. On Creativity. Routledge, 2003. EBSCOhost eBook Collection Database. Bond, Fiona. The Arts in Your Church. InterVarsity, 2001. Brand, Hilary, and Adrienne Chaplin. Art and Soul: Signposts for Christians in the Arts. 2nd ed. InterVarsity, 2002. (261.57/B733a) Briner, Bob. Roaring Lambs: A Gentle Plan to Radically Change Our World. Zondervan, 1993. (261.1/B771r) Brown, Frank Burch. Good Taste, Bad Taste, and Christian Taste: Aesthetics in Religious Life. Oxford UP, 2000. (246/B813g) ---. Religious Aesthetics. Princeton UP, 1993. (261.57/B813r) Brown, W. Dale. Conversations With American Writers: The Doubt, the Faith, the In- Between. Eerdmans, 2008. (810.90054/B8156c) ---. Of Fiction and Faith: Twelve American Writers Talk About Their Vision and Work. Eerdmans, 1997. (813.5409/B815o) Brueggemann, Walter. Finally Comes the Poet: Daring Speech for Exclamation. Augsburg Fortress, 1989. (251/B832f) Budd, Luann. Journal Keeping: Writing for Spiritual Growth. InterVarsity, 2002. Buechner, Frederick. The Clown in the Belfry: Writings on Faith and Fiction. Harper, 1992. (252.051/B86c) ---. Telling the Truth: The Gospel as Tragedy, Comedy, and Fairy Tale. Harper, 1977. (251/B86t) Bustard, Ned, ed. It Was Good: Making Art to the Glory of God. Square Halo, 2000. (704.948/B968i) Card, Michael. Scribbling in the Sand: Christ and Creativity. InterVarsity, 2002. (233.5/C178s) Carlson, Paula J., and Peter S. Hawkins, eds. Listening for God: Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith. 4 vols. Augsburg Fortress, 1994-2003. Carson, D. A. Christ and Culture Revisited. Eerdmans, 2008. (261.C239c) Chester, Tim and Steve Timmis. Total Church: A Radical Reshaping around Gospel and Community. Crossway, 2008. Chesterton, Gilbert K. The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, Volume I: Non-Fiction. Wilder, 2008. ChiLibris. A Novel Idea: Best Advice on Writing Inspirational Fiction. Tyndale, 2009. Crouch, Andy. Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling. InterVarsity, 2008. (261.0973/C8848c) Dawson, Paul. Creative Writing and the New Humanities. Routledge, 2004. EBSCOhost eBook Collection Database. 2005. Dockery, David S., and Gregory Alan Thornbury, eds. Shaping a Christian Worldview: The Foundation of Christian Higher Education. B&H, 2002. (230.0711/Sh22D6) Dreyfus, Hubert and Sean Dorrance Kelly. All Things Shining. Free, 2011. Dyrness, William A. Reformed Theology and Visual Culture: The Protestant Imagination from Calvin to Edwards. (230.42/D994r) ---. Visual Faith: Art, Theology and Worship in Dialogue. Baker, 2001. (246/D994v) Eliot, T. S. Christianity and Culture. Harvest, 1988. (306.6/EL46c) ---. Selected Essays. Rev. ed. Harcourt, 1950. (824.912/EL46se) Elsheimer, Janice. The Creative Call: An Artist’s Response to the Way of the Spirit. Shaw, 2001. (248.4/EL76c) Falke, Cassandra. Intersections in Christianity and Critical Theory. Palgrave, 2010. Fant, Gene C. Jr. God as Author: A Biblical Approach to Narrative. B&H, 2010. (225.6/F211g) Farley, Edward. Faith and Beauty: A Theological Aesthetic. Ashgate, 2001. Gaebelein, Frank Ely. The Christian, the Arts, and Truth: Regaining the Vision of Greatness. Multnomah, 1985. (261.57/G118c) Gallagher, Susan V., and Roger Lundin. Literature Through the Eyes of Faith. Harper, 1989. (809/G135L or 261.58/G135L) Garber, Marjorie. The Use and Abuse of Literature. Pantheon, 2011. Gasque, Laurel. Art and the Christian Mind: The Life and Work of H. R. Rookmaaker. Crossway, 2005. Griffin, Emilie, ed. Syllable of Water: Twenty Writers of Faith Reflect On Their Art. Paraclete, 2008. (808.06623/Sy54) Gunn, Giles B. Literature and Religion. Harper, 1971. (809.9331/G9565L) Hansen, Ron. A Stay Against Confusion: Essays on Faith and Fiction. Harper, 2002. Harbinson, Colin, ed. The Creative Spirit: A Journal of the Arts and Faith. Special Edition: Redeeming the Arts. 4.2 (2005). Hart, David Bentley. The Beauty of Christian Truth: the Aesthetics Of Christian Truth. Eerdmans, 2004. ---. The Beauty of the Infinite: the Aesthetics of Christian Truth. Eerdmans, 2003. (230/H251b) Harvey, Andrew. The Essential Mystics: Selections from the World’s Great Wisdom Traditions. Harper, 1997. Hoffecker, W. Andrew, ed. Revolutions in Worldview: Understanding the Flow of Western Thought. P&R, 2007. (190/R3286) Holberg, Jennifer L., ed. Shouts and Whispers: Twenty-One Writers Speak About Their Writing and Their Faith. Eerdmans, 2006. (810.9382 Sh82H6) Holmes, Arthur Frank. All Truth Is God’s Truth. InterVarsity, 1979. (230/H734a) ---. The Idea of a Christian College. Eerdmans, 1987. (377.8/H734i2) Jensen, Robin M. The Substance of Things Seen: Art, Faith, and the Christian Community. Eerdmans, 2004. Johnson, Greg. The World According to God: A Biblical View of Culture, Work, Science, Sex and Everything Else. InterVarsity, 2002. Keller, Timothy. The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism. Dutton, 2008. (239/K2848) Kincannon, Karla M. Creativity and Divine Surprise: Finding the Place of Your Resurrection. Upper Room, 2005. La Rivière, Leen. Creative—and Christian! Piquant, 2005. Leax, John. Grace Is Where I Live: The Landscape of Faith and Writing. WordFarm, 2004. (277.3/L489g) L’Engle, Madeleine. Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art. Farrar, 2001. (261.57/L547w) Levy, Sandra M. Imagination and the Journey of Faith. Eerdmans, 2008. Lewis, C. S. The Abolition of Man. Harper, 2001. (370.1/L585ab) ---. An Experiment in Criticism. Cambridge UP, January 1992. ---. Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories. Harvest, 2002. (823.912/L585o) ---. On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature. Harvest, 2002. (809/L585o) Lockerbie, Bruce. The Timeless Moment: Creativity and the Christian Faith. Simon, 1980. Lundin, Rodger. Invisible Conversations: Religion in the Literature of America. Baylor U, 2009. (810.9382/In899) Malone, Michael, et al. Listening for God: Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith. Augsburg Fortress, 2003. Mariani, Paul L. God and the Imagination: On Poets, Poetry and the Ineffable. U of Georgia P, 2002. McElroy, Scott. Finding Divine Inspiration: Working with the Holy Spirit in Your Creativity. Destiny Image, 2008. McGrath, Alister E. Creation (Truth and the Christian Imagination). Augsburg Fortress, 2005. (233.11/M178c) ---. Incarnation (Truth and the Christian Imagination). Augsburg Fortress, 2005. (232/M178i) Merton, Thomas. No Man Is an Island. Shambhala, 2005. (248/M558n) ---. Raids on the Unspeakable. New Directions, 1966. The Seven Storey Mountain. Harvest, 1999. (271.125/M558s) ---. Thoughts In Solitude. Farrar, 1999. Merton, Thomas, and Christine M. Bochen, eds. Thomas Merton: Essential Writings. Orbis, 2000. Mod. Spiritual Masters Ser. Merton, Thomas, and Sue Monk Kidd, eds. New Seeds of Contemplation. New Directions, 2007. Milbank, John, Graham Ward, and Edith Wyschogrod. Theological Perspectives on God and Beauty. Trinity P, 2003. Miller, Donald. Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality. Nelson, 2003. (277.3/M613b) Moreland, J. P. Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview. InterVarsity, 2003. (261.51/M814c) Myers, Kenneth A. All God's Children and Blue Suede Shoes: Christians & Popular Culture. Crossway, 1989. (261/M989a) Nichols, Stephen J. Getting the Blues: What Blues Music Teaches Us about Suffering and Salvation. Brazos, 2008. Niebuhr, H. Richard. Christ and Culture. Harper, 1956. (261/N551c) Noland, Rory. The Heart of the Artist. Zondervan, 1999. (248.88/N712h) O’Connor, Flannery. The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O’Connor. Farrar, 1988. (813.54/Oc5h) ---. Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose. Farrar, 1969. (813.54/Oc5m) Paglia, Camille. Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson. Vintage, 1991. Peterson, Eugene H. Tell It Slant: A Conversation on the
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