{"id":4610,"date":"2013-08-12T23:07:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T23:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/?p=4610"},"modified":"2013-08-12T18:14:27","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T18:14:27","slug":"echoes-of-eden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/12\/echoes-of-eden\/","title":{"rendered":"Echoes of Eden"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/91C8OpC1zlL._SL1500_.jpg\" \/>My old professor, Jerram Barrs, has written a fabulous book of reflections on Christianity, Literature and the Arts.<\/p>\n<p>Barrs gives us the three key elements for evaluating great art. He then puts those qualifiers to the test by investigating five of the world\u2019s most influential authors\u2014empowering us to better understand the character of God and helping others to know him too.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Echoes of Eden<\/em>\u00a0is the most accessible, readable, and yet theologically robust work on Christianity and the arts that you will be able to find. It is biblical, theologically sound, filled with examples, and edifying. It anticipates and answers well all the most common questions that evangelical people ask about the arts. I highly recommend it.&#8221; \u00a0&#8211;Tim Keller<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here is the table of contents:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>1 God and Humans as Creative Artists<br \/>\n2 Imitation, the Heart of the Christian\u2019s Approach to Creativity<br \/>\n3 Building a Christian Understanding of the Artist\u2019s Calling<br \/>\n4 How Do We Judge the Arts?<br \/>\n5 Echoes of Eden: God\u2019s Testimony to the Truth<br \/>\n6 The Conversion of C. S. Lewis and Echoes of Eden in His Life<br \/>\n7 Echoes of Eden in Tolkien\u2019s\u00a0<em>Lord of the Rings<\/em><br \/>\n8 Harry Potter and the Triumph of Self-Sacrificing Love<br \/>\n9 Shakespeare and a Christian Worldview<br \/>\n10 Jane Austen, Novelist of the Human Heart<br \/>\nAppendix: The \u201cOuting\u201d of Dumbledore<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read the first twenty pages? <a title=\"Crossway PDF of jerram\" href=\"http:\/\/static.crossway.org\/excerpt\/echoes-of-eden\/echoes-of-eden-download.pdf\">Yes please!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Amazon link to book\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/kindle-store\/dp\/B00CORAGA6\" target=\"_blank\">Gimme that book!\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/12\/echoes-of-eden\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"25\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"arial\" action=\"recommend\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My old professor, Jerram Barrs, has written a fabulous book of reflections on Christianity, Literature and the Arts.<\/p>\n<p>Barrs gives us the three key elements for evaluating great art. 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