Jeremy Begbie Quotes

• Art reminds us that in fact the world always exceeds our grasp and perception.

  Jeremy Begbie

  Art, Perception, World

  Jeremy Begbie (2007). “Resounding Truth: Christian Wisdom in the World of Music”, p.51, Baker Academic

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• One of the primary services the arts can render to theology is their integrative power, their ability to interrelate the intellect with the other facets of our human makeup.

  Jeremy Begbie

  Art, Makeup, Ability

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• Only with great care. For thousands, carols will be their only link with a church. At the same time, sentimentality is perhaps the single most dangerous feature of our Church and culture-and the sentimental air is never thicker than at Christmas. The Incarnation is messy, dirty, and resonates with the crucifixion. We need a new wave of carol writing that can gradually swill out the nonsense and catch the piercing, joy-through-pain refrains of the New Testament.

  Jeremy Begbie

  Pain, Dirty, Writing

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• Christians are a polyphonic people.

  Jeremy Begbie

  Christian, People

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• This is music that will disturb your imagination and
  delight your heart-a rare combination.

  Jeremy Begbie

  Heart, Imagination, Delight

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• In much postmodern theatre ... the line between theatre and non-theatre is deliberately erased.

  Jeremy Begbie

  Theatre, Lines, Postmodern

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