ABSTRACT
The author of this book undermines some of the most common objections to assigning a role to the arts in the exposition and development of Christian theology. All three essays that follow challenge such views by exploring the potential contribution of artists across the centuries to three areas of Christian doctrine: the annunciation, the ascension, and the Trinity. There are two general points need to be made. First, there is perhaps a natural temptation to suppose that artists are mere amateurs in theology compared to preachers and professional theologians, and indeed even the evangelists themselves. The second general point concerns how the contribution of artists should be assessed. Christianity's primarily verbal culture inevitably puts a high premium on verbal assessment which can easily lead to the presumption that art should be assessed no differently from the written observations of evangelists, preachers and theologians.
