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From a world-renowned painter, an exploration of creativity’s quintessential—and often overlooked—role in the spiritual life. Art and Faith: A Theology of Making PDF

“Makoto Fujimura’s art and writings have been a true inspiration to me. In this luminous book, he addresses the question of art and faith and their reconciliation with a quiet and moving eloquence.”—Martin Scorsese

“[An] elegant treatise . . . Fujimura’s sensitive, evocative theology will appeal to believers interested in the role religion can play in the creation of art.”—Publishers Weekly

Conceived over thirty years of painting and creating in his studio, this book is Makoto Fujimura’s broad and deep exploration of creativity and the spiritual aspects of “making.” What he does in the studio is theological work as much as it is aesthetic work. In between pouring precious, pulverized minerals onto handmade paper to create the prismatic, refractive surfaces of his art, he comes into the quiet space in the studio, in a discipline of awareness, waiting, prayer, and praise.

Ranging from the Bible to T. S. Eliot, and from Mark Rothko to Japanese Kintsugi technique, he shows how unless we are making something, we cannot know the depth of God’s being and God’s grace permeating our lives. This poignant and beautiful book offers the perspective of, in Christian Wiman’s words, “an accidental theologian,” one who comes to spiritual questions always through the prism of art.

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As difficult as innovation is today. Art and Faith: A Theology of Making pdf is a text that is present in the form of inspiration that will broaden the minds beyond what an artist or photographer can see. This is one of the masterpieces that is recommended by all the great artists to be changing their visualization of the world of today. In the minds of someone that truly appreciates what this text has to offer lies the secret of changing the way everyone lives in this world. Art is the most influential subject of today’s world and at all times has it been the foundation stone for change in this universe we live in. A must read and learn for all artist and especially photographers

The Writers

Makoto Fujimura is an artist whose recent exhibitions in New York and Asia have been featured in the New York Times, the Atlantic, and other leading publications. He is also an award-winning author and the founder of I AM Culture Care and the Fujimura Institute, and co-founder of Kintsugi Academy. He has served on the National Council on the Arts.

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• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Yale University Press (January 5, 2021)
  Language ‏ : ‎ English
  Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 184 pages
  International Standard Book Number-10 ‏ : ‎ 0300254148
  International Standard Book Number-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0300254143
  Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.47 pounds
  Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.75 x 7.5 inches
  Best Sellers Rank: #10,048 in Books

Reviews From Customers

Jordan Covarelli
Refreshing with every page
January 16, 2021

My favorite book of 2020.
This book refreshes the soul with every page.

This book is not about just art. It is about seeing our creativity and making as part of the coming New Creation. It is about our invitation to partner with God in creation.

While most theology books carry a tone of restriction and limitation, Art & Faith carries a tone of empowerment and invitation.
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David K.
For more than artist and art enthusiasts…!
January 18, 2021

The title, Art + Faith, might lead some to believe that this book is written primarily for the artist or art enthusiast. To make this conclusion, however, would keep many from reading what is one of the most important faith and work books written to date. Fujimura addresses a critically under-represented perspective of the faith and work movement through his interjection of a “theology of making.” Drawing from rich biblical and theological streams, Fujimura helps us see a distinctive alternative that challenges the pragmatism that overwhelmingly characterizes our approach to work today. In this new paradigm of “slow work,” the brokenness we experience becomes the unexpected starting place for the “New Newness” to break into our world. If digested slowly, Art + Faith will turn workers into makers whose imaginations have been captivated by the New Creation that is to come.
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Jacob A. Davis
Fujimura’s Magnum Opus
February 9, 2021

Makoto Fujimura has crafted a masterwork, as theologically sharp and spiritually wise as it is beautifully written. I have read many wonderful volumes on the art and faith relationship over the years, but this may be the best. Perhaps what we needed all this time were the words not just of artistically-informed theologians, but of a theologically-informed artist. Mako’s unique language of “plumbing theology,” as well as his engagement of pain and redemption pictured through the kintsugi process of mending pottery with gold, are but two of the real gems that make this book an inspiring, thought-provoking, and even therapeutic journey. It is a must-read, and not just for artists or theologians.
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Shann Ray
A Stunning Illumination from World-Renowned Painter Mako Fujimura!
January 18, 2021

Mako is among the most devoted artists of this generation. His art transcends. His life and his art gives others such love and joy, such peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, and embodied action for the common good. In this book, you’ll find deep waters and if you enter in and release into the mystery he helps name, your own life and the lives of those you love, dare I say your soul and the souls of others, will find unity that heals all fracture, and the kind of light and fusion that leads to greater life, greater care, and greater love. Thank you, Mako, for calling forth a community of people, artists, and life that echoes Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King Jr.’s Beloved Community. Thank you for your humble vision of the mysteries of God in the life of all, and for the beauty of love in its capacity to heal the heart of the world.
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M. F. Crowl
Not as inspiring as many claim
October 17, 2021

I’m obviously one of the few people who’ve read this book who’ve found it less than inspiring.
I came to it thinking it was a book that might give me some help in how to be a Christian and a writer (while admittedly Fujimara is an artist, he’s writing about the arts in general), but apart from a few not greatly original thoughts, there was little concrete to take hold of. Fujimara comes across as an earnest seeker of a way to be Christian and an artist in this world, and plainly achieves that in his own life and art. His method of communicating it, for me, wasn’t achieved nearly as well. Too much repetition, too much use of the same few ideas as springboards for discussion with little that I could get my teeth into. Yes, I was looking for something more concrete, and there are a few things that struck a chord, but overall I found this distinctly underwhelming.
Not every book/idea suits everyone…!

angela
Reflective creating, through art – heart mind & spirit, connected with scripture…trifecta.
May 25, 2021

I couldn’t put it down, actively reading and following the authors journey, teachings and insights and getting it. This was the exact book I was looking for to help me explain to people what I’m feel our Father leading me to help others do to heal during their own walk…to connect to His love and see and know Him. Well composed and articulated, thoughtfully designed. Thank you for finally publishing a book to market speaking straight to what I’ve felt as an artist myself connected to our Creator.

A soulful production worth the read.
March 12, 2021

This is really a deep soulful writing that connects with the author’s history and story of life. While some will comment that it is a difficult read, I would share that the books tells about the source of art and the connection of making with the life spiritual. I am pleased to add this volume to my library and my own spirit of making.

Angela Ann Zukowski
Bridging Art and Faith with a Fresh Perspective
February 9, 2021

I loved this book. It inspired me with a new perspective. I realized that I would fully appreciate this book if I read “Culture & Care” by Fujimura. I was not disappointed. As a matter of fact, I am having my students read the book this semester. I have currently ordered Fujimura’s other book “Silence and Beauty”.

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Top reviews from other countries

still reading
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 6, 2021

good to find a book by an artist I like v much. still reading.

Food for thought
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 11, 2021

Short on Art and long on faith

Mr. James W. Lyle
Big abstract pictures
Reviewed in Australia on August 10, 2021

Some wonderful orthodox arguments toward very unorthodox creative ends. This is very BIG PICTURE and abstract… a little like Makotos art!) with not much nuts and bolts – but perhaps that is intentional and appropriate – it does leave you yearning for more real world applications of this kind of thinking. Keen to read some of his other works as this is his first that I’ve read.

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