Conversations on Religion and the Arts: Episode 1 – Wilson Yates and William A. Dyrness

SARTS, the Society for the Arts in Religious and Theological Studies, has created three podcasts that explore “Conversations on Religion and the Arts”.  This is one of those “Conversations” from three of the figures who helped create this modern dialogue.   With moderator Wilson Yates, Professor Emeritus of United Theological Seminary, Dr. William Dyrness, Professor of Fuller Theological Seminary, begins with comments on his now classic work on Rouault—including delightful commentary on the European settings where the book was written.  And from there he moves down through a host of ideas and events  in the life of the “Conversation” that considers the importance of Hans Rookkmaaker to the earlier academic consideration of religion and art, the importance of John Calvin to modern aesthetics, and a discussion of his work,  Modern Art and The Life of a Culture-- co-written with Jonathan Anderson, where Dyrness own approach to the interpretation of art is made alive and vital to anyone interested in the interaction of the arts and the religious life.   His conversation is filled with stories that speak to the larger narrative within theology, history, and the arts and with a special interest in the arts and Reformed Protestantism.   wy