An Imagination for the Good: Can Art make Righteousness Plausible?

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough,
Massachusetts. For more information,
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by Ben Keyes


The desire to make art is, in part, a desire to connect
meaningfully with others, to communicate some aspect of reality
with which other people can identify. There are many reasons why
our art can either succeed or fail in making this kind of
meaningful contact. One particular challenge for Christians is
that our attempts to portray beauty and goodness are often
dismissed as saccharine and sentimental. Sometimes this is a fair
criticism! How can we "bear witness to the light" while still
being honest about the brokenness of the world? What are some
examples of art in which goodness is portrayed as both attractive
and plausible?


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