Open AccessLifeview and perception of message in drama
Author(s) -
Paul van Rensburg
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
literator
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.126
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2219-8237
pISSN - 0258-2279
DOI - 10.4102/lit.v2i2.1009
Subject(s) - christianity , the arts , drama , perception , christian church , aesthetics , christian art , shot (pellet) , history , point (geometry) , sociology , visual arts , religious studies , psychology , art , philosophy , epistemology , chemistry , geometry , mathematics , organic chemistry
One would have thought that after nearly nineteen centuries Christianity should have arrived at a generally acceptable point of view regarding the true status of the arts in a Christian community. If one looks, however, at the often vicious quarreling in our own day not only between Christian and non-Christian but often also between Christian and Christian, on matters pertaining to the religious nature, aim and methods of the arts, then it would seem as if the age-old controversy between church and the arts has not been resolved by a long shot