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Author:   Chris E. W. Green ,  Steven Félix-Jäger
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield
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9781666978117

ISBN 10:   1666978116
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   23 July 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Introduction: The Spirit Gives the World a Face, by Chris E.W. Green Part I: Sketching the Movements of the Spirit Chapter 1: The Birth and Rebirth of Images: the Spirit, Kenosis, and the Renewal of Representation, by Chris E.W. Green Chapter 2: (Spirit) The Unseen Person: Contemporary Visual Art as Cultural Vessels of Spirit, by Maria Eugenia Fee Chapter 3: The Story of Street Art & Sainte-Madeleine, by G. James Daichendt Chapter 4: Does Christian Kitsch Quench the Spirit?: The Theo-ethical Responsibilities of Public Christian Art, by Steven Félix-Jäger Part II: Visualizing the Spirit in Culture Chapter 5: Testing the Spirit(s) in Modern Art: The Birth of Abstraction in Vassily Kandinsky’s Compositions, by Taylor Worley and Charles Howell Chapter 6: Painting in Tongues: Suffering, Play, and Beauty in the Artwork of Marc Chagall, by Robby Waddell Chapter 7: “Painting My Masterpiece”: Bob Dylan, Painter and Songwriter, and the Spirit as Artist, by Jeff S. Lamp Chapter 8: Bradford, Baldwin, and the Holy Spirit: a Pentecostal Pneumatological Engagement with Non-Christian Art, by Asia Lerner-Gay Part III: Visual Practice and the Lived Experience Chapter 9: The Art of Attention: Ruach’s Role in Making Visible the Invisible, by Joyce Yu-Jean Lee Chapter 10: Memories of Doves and Flames: Between Sight and Insight in Pentecostal Liturgies, by Andrew Opie and Joshua Edwards Chapter 11: The Tree of Vocation: Discerning Artistic Vocation with the Spirit by Christine Lee Smith Chapter 12: The Practice and Benefits of Spirit-led Live Visual Art in the Church: Creating “Bridges to Wonder” for Congregations, by J. Scott McElroy Conclusion: From Gesture to Form, by Steven Félix-Jäger About the Contributors

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The Spirit and the Sketch is an important contribution to the study of theology and the arts. Green & Félix-Jäger have assembled a collection of essays that in their diversity of subjects and approaches are an embodiment of how the Gospel of John describes the Holy Spirit that it ""blows where it pleases""—from Bob Dylan and Marc Chagall, to James Baldwin and Vassily Kandinsky, street art, kitsch, worship arts, and so much more. As Green writes in his introduction, ""the Spirit gives the world a face,"" and that face is an infinitely diverse image. May this book inspire new collaborations and cooperations with that Spirit that enables us to see in ever new ways the face that gives life. * Daniel A. Siedell, Center for Theology, Ecology, Culture at Stockholm School of Theology *

The Spirit and the Sketch is an important contribution to the study of theology and the arts. Green & Félix-Jäger have assembled a collection of essays that in their diversity of subjects and approaches are an embodiment of how the Gospel of John describes the Holy Spirit that it ""blows where it pleases""—from Bob Dylan and Marc Chagall, to James Baldwin and Vassily Kandinsky, street art, kitsch, worship arts, and so much more. As Green writes in his introduction, ""the Spirit gives the world a face,"" and that face is an infinitely diverse image. May this book inspire new collaborations and cooperations with that Spirit that enables us to see in ever new ways the face that gives life. * Daniel A. Siedell, Center for Theology, Ecology, Culture at Stockholm School of Theology * In these gestural sketches of pneumatology and the visual arts, the authors of this volume open up fresh insights into the ministry of the Holy Spirit in and through the work of painters and photographers, of both pop art and public art, and in terms that are, at times, decidedly philosophical, while at other, necessarily prophetic or deeply personal. In doing so, they point us to the One who teaches us to see the world rightly so that we might both love it freely and live in it fully. This is a book that is guaranteed to stimulate spirited conversation within the field of theology and the arts. * W. David O. Taylor, Associate Professor of Theology and Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary and editor of Naming the Spirit: Pneumatology through the Arts *

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Chris E.W. Green is Professor of Public Theology at Southeastern University and Bishop of the Diocese of St. Anthony (CEEC). Steven Félix-Jäger is Associate Professor of Theology and Worship, Chair of the Worship and Media department, and Director of Academic Research at Life Pacific University.

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