The Art of Advent: A Painting a Day from Advent to Epiphany

by Jane Williams

Overview

This beautiful book describes and interprets a series of paintings for each day of Advent. Artists often address subjects our culture seeks to avoid, and Jane Williams' brilliant and perceptive reflections will help you to read these paintings with a more discerning eye, and discover deeper levels of meaning than may at first appear.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780281071692
Publisher:	SPCK (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge)
Publication date:	08/16/2018
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 6.10(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Jane Williams is assistant dean and lecturer in systematic theology at St Mellitus College, London, and a visiting lecturer at King's College London. Her recent books include Faces of Christ, Lectionary Reflections, and Why did Jesus have to Die?.

Table of Contents

Table of contents forthcoming

What People are Saying About This

John Sentamu

"A brilliant foundation for parish and small-group discussions, both during Advent and throughout the year."

Editorial Reviews

A brilliant foundation for parish and small-group discussions, both during Advent and throughout the year.

‘Dr Williams’ prose is erudite and engaging. . . What she does so exquisitely is to illumine, as only a teacher and theologian can, the things we may have missed or forgotten.’

From the Publisher

"A brilliant foundation for parish and small-group discussions, both during Advent and throughout the year."

John Sentamu

"Dr. Williams' prose is erudite and engaging. . . . What she does so exquisitely is to illumine, as only a teacher and theologian can, the things we may have missed or forgotten."

Reform Magazine