Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction to Arts Module

    • Opening reflections: Arts module

  • 2

    Unit 1 - Introduction to the Arts

    • Introduction to Unit 1

    • Bible study for Unit 1

    • Finding God Through Art (Video 1)

    • Theology through the arts (Video 2)

    • Why should we care about the arts? (Short article 1)

    • New Insights Through Art (Short article 2)

    • Video introduction to long essays (Unit 1)

    • The Bible and Christian Imagination (Long essay 1)

    • Art, Philosophy and our View of Reality (Long essay 2)

    • Art Matters for God’s Sake (Long video - optional)

  • 3

    Unit 2 - Installation & Sculpture

    • Introduction to Unit 2

    • Bible study for Unit 2

    • Post-modern art (Video 1)

    • Sculptor Liviu Mocan (Video 2)

    • Kim & Kim: Peace Monument (Short article 1)

    • Postmodern Architecture (Short article 2)

    • Video introduction to long essays (Unit 2)

    • Matter of Life and Death (Long essay 1)

    • Outside the Frame: Postmodern Art (Long essay 2)

  • 4

    Unit 3 - Painting & Music

    • Introduction to Unit 3

    • Bible study for Unit 3

    • The Freedom Messengers (Video 1)

    • Behind the Painting (Video 2)

    • Commercialization and the Death of Singing (Short article 1)

    • The Conversion of Paul by Amerighi da Caravaggio (Short article 2)

    • Video introduction to long essays (Unit 3)

    • Music, Worship and the Church (Long essay 1)

    • The Window is Closed (Long essay 2)

  • 5

    Unit 4 - Literature

    • Introduction to Unit 4

    • Bible study for Unit 4

    • Margaret Atwood talks modernity and zombies (Video 1)

    • The Hollow Men by T. S. Elliot (Video 2)

    • The Importance of Imagination for C. S. Lewis and for Us (Short article 1)

    • God’s Word and Our Words (Short article 2)

    • Video introduction to long essays (Unit 4)

    • T. S. Eliot and the Crisis of Meaning (Long essay 1)

    • Life Without Certainty: Margaret Atwood's Ambiguous Worlds (Long essay 2)

  • 6

    Conclusion to Arts Module

    • Summary video for Arts module

    • End of module reflection questions

    • Recomended further reading