Category: Beauty/Aesthetics
Nature and the Aim of Fiction
The Sword and the Shaving Brush Towards a Biblical understanding of fashion by Timothy Bartel Part VII – Nature and the Aim of Fiction Here we may turn to another great Christian theorist, Ms. Flannery O’Connor. In her excellent essay...
Towards an Incarnational Aesthetic
The Sword and the Shaving Brush Towards a Biblical understanding of fashion by Timothy Bartel Part VI – Towards a Christian Aesthetic Now that this first principle of Christian aesthetics has been reached, it will be helpful to turn to...
Solving the Three Aesthetic Problems
The Sword and the Shaving Brush Towards a Biblical understanding of fashion by Timothy Bartel Part V – Solving the Three Problems While it may be possible to tackle these three contemporary problems individually, I believe that the first problem...
Relativism, Immodesty, Evangelism
The Sword and the Shaving Brush Towards a Biblical understanding of fashion by Timothy Bartel Part IV – Relativism, Modesty, Evangelism It is here that contemporary Christians bring a unique and needed element into the cultural climate, for we ask...
The Three Aesthetic Problems
The Sword and the Shaving Brush Towards a Biblical Understanding of fashion By Timothy Bartel Part III – The Three Aesthetic Problems How can the Bible inform our understanding of fashion today? Surely the runways of Milan are a different...
A Brief History of Clothing
The Sword and the Shaving Brush Towards a Biblical understanding of fashion By Timothy Bartel Part II – A Brief History of Clothing The wool dress I saw at Biola began to work on my mind. The idea of such...
The Sword and the Shaving Brush – Towards a Biblical Understanding of Fashion
The Sword and the Shaving Brush, Part I Towards a Christian understanding of fashion By Timothy Bartel Part I It was a dress made out of wool—not finely spun wool, not the wool of your favorite sweater, but wool in...
Looking Back To See The Future
There are two ways to see the future. One is to receive a vision of all time and all reality. The other is to study the past for patterns that are timeless. The first is granted to only a tiny...
On “The Beauty of the World”
This is a short essay on Jonathan Edwards essay The Beauty of the World, written this month by one of my high school students. I found it to be compelling in its simplicity and insight. Reprinted with the permission of...
VI. Towards Gratitude
Roots of Self-Responsibility and Optimism “All is well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.” Julian of Norwich I have suggested that Meister Eckhart is right when he says “Thank You” is not just...