In this episode of "The Artistic Vision" Gary and Alex interview the Rev. Dr. Hans Boersma. Boersma speaks of artists having a Sacramental vision in an asymbolic age, and how seeing the world in this way influences artistic practice. He describes the ultimate task of the artist as drawing others into the presence of God--artists are instruments of grace.

Hans Boersma
Dr. Boersma is a prolific and internationally noted theologian, came to Nashotah House in 2019. Prior to this, he taught at Regent College in Vancouver, Canada for fourteen years. Dr. Boersma also taught for six years at Trinity Western University in Langley, BC, and served several years in the local church as a pastor. Along the way, Dr. Boersma has emerged as a leading voice among Protestant and evangelical theologians exploring and appropriating the riches of the Catholic tradition.

Dr. Boersma’s interests range across a variety of areas: patristic theology, twentieth-century Catholic thought, and spiritual interpretation of Scripture. In each of these areas, he sets out to retrieve the sacramental ontology of the pre-modern tradition. This retrieval (ressourcement) of the Great Tradition’s sacramental view of reality has been at the heart of his publications over the past fifteen years.

Dr. Boersma and his wife Linda have five children and thirteen grandchildren (and their Golden Retriever Penny deserves special mention). Dr. Boersma serves as a priest in the Anglican Church in North America.

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Winfield Bevins guest hosts this episode of the Artistic Vision. Alex and Gary give a post Helene update and discuss the role of art in the midst of suffering, and the sort of creativity that emerges from grief. Also, a new initiative will be announced that focuses on artists who have been affected by the storm.

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This week, our guest is Jennifer Allen Craft. We talk about the theological significance of place and the role of arts in shaping our places.

Jennifer Allen Craft (PhD, University of St. Andrews) is associate professor of humanities and theology at Point University in West Point, Georgia, where she teaches courses in theology, philosophy, and the arts.

Buy her book on Placemaking and the arts here: https://www.ivpress.com/placemaking-and-the-arts

(Dr. Craft also contributed to our book with a reflection on how artists can contribute to churches).

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