aims and activities
The primary aim of Theology Through the Arts is:
- to discover and demonstrate ways in which the arts can contribute towards the renewal of Christian theology
In the process, it seeks:
- to find ways in which the arts can contribute to a sensitive and rigorous engagement of the Church with modern and postmodern culture
- to generate, through the arts, new methods of Christian education for use in the Church and wider community
activities
The project is divided into two phases:
- phase 1 (1997-2000) was concerned with four main activities.
Much of the work was experimental - testing the ground and gauging responses. - phase 2 (2000-2007) is carrying forward and consolidating what was found fruitful in Phase 1.
It is engaging in rigorous academic research, as well as pursuing more fully the implications of 'theology through the arts' for the Church's engagement with culture and for 'grass roots' education.