About
Born and raised in Guatemala City, W. David O. Taylor is Associate Professor of Theology and Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary as well as the director of Brehm Texas, an initiative in worship, theology and the arts. He completed studies at the University of Texas, Georgetown University, the University of Würzburg, and Regent College in Canada. He earned his Th.D. at Duke Divinity School.
Taylor’s most recent book is Glimpses of the New Creation: Worship and the Formative Power of the Arts (Eerdmans, 2019). He is editor of For the Beauty of the Church: Casting a Vision for the Arts (Baker Books, 2010) as well as coeditor of Contemporary Art and the Church: A Conversation Between Two Worlds (IVP Academic, 2017). He is also the author of The Theater of God’s Glory: Calvin, Creation and the Liturgical Arts (Eerdmans, 2017), and his book Open and Unafraid: The Psalms as a Guide to Life is due out with Thomas Nelson in March 2020. Taylor has published articles in the Calvin Theological Journal, Christian Scholars Review, Worship, Theology Today, The Washington Post, Books & Culture, Comment, Image Journal, Christianity Today, Christ & Pop Culture, Syndicate, AAR's Reading Religion, The Artistic Theologian, and The Living Church, among others.
For twelve years, in full and part time capacity, he served as a pastor at Hope Chapel in Austin, Texas. There he supervised an arts ministry and the adult education program, along with preaching regularly. Having recently stepped off as a board member of Christians In the Visual Arts, he now serves on the advisory board for Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts as well as IVP Academic’s series, “Studies in Theology and the Arts.” He is a member of the American Academy of Religion as well as a participant in the “Visual Commentary on Scripture” project. He is a core participant in the four-year project “Theology, Modernity, and the Visual Arts,” hosted by King’s College, London. He leads an annual retreat for pastors and artists at the Laity Lodge and has lectured widely on the arts, from Thailand to South Africa.
In 2016 he produced a short film with Bono and Eugene Peterson: "Bono and Eugene Peterson: THE PSALMS." In the June 2016 issue of Christianity Today, he and his wife were featured for their work with the church and the arts. His artistic interests include playwriting, modern dance and film, and in recent years, science fiction literature. He is ordained in the Anglican Communion in North America and he lives in Austin with his wife Phaedra, a visual artist, gardener and cook, his daughter Blythe and his son Sebastian.
He can be found on Twitter @wdavidotaylor and on Instagram @davidtaylor_theologian.
Taylor’s most recent book is Glimpses of the New Creation: Worship and the Formative Power of the Arts (Eerdmans, 2019). He is editor of For the Beauty of the Church: Casting a Vision for the Arts (Baker Books, 2010) as well as coeditor of Contemporary Art and the Church: A Conversation Between Two Worlds (IVP Academic, 2017). He is also the author of The Theater of God’s Glory: Calvin, Creation and the Liturgical Arts (Eerdmans, 2017), and his book Open and Unafraid: The Psalms as a Guide to Life is due out with Thomas Nelson in March 2020. Taylor has published articles in the Calvin Theological Journal, Christian Scholars Review, Worship, Theology Today, The Washington Post, Books & Culture, Comment, Image Journal, Christianity Today, Christ & Pop Culture, Syndicate, AAR's Reading Religion, The Artistic Theologian, and The Living Church, among others.
For twelve years, in full and part time capacity, he served as a pastor at Hope Chapel in Austin, Texas. There he supervised an arts ministry and the adult education program, along with preaching regularly. Having recently stepped off as a board member of Christians In the Visual Arts, he now serves on the advisory board for Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts as well as IVP Academic’s series, “Studies in Theology and the Arts.” He is a member of the American Academy of Religion as well as a participant in the “Visual Commentary on Scripture” project. He is a core participant in the four-year project “Theology, Modernity, and the Visual Arts,” hosted by King’s College, London. He leads an annual retreat for pastors and artists at the Laity Lodge and has lectured widely on the arts, from Thailand to South Africa.
In 2016 he produced a short film with Bono and Eugene Peterson: "Bono and Eugene Peterson: THE PSALMS." In the June 2016 issue of Christianity Today, he and his wife were featured for their work with the church and the arts. His artistic interests include playwriting, modern dance and film, and in recent years, science fiction literature. He is ordained in the Anglican Communion in North America and he lives in Austin with his wife Phaedra, a visual artist, gardener and cook, his daughter Blythe and his son Sebastian.
He can be found on Twitter @wdavidotaylor and on Instagram @davidtaylor_theologian.
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enjoyed your blog. Also appreciated your presentation at Preaching in a Visual Age at Ecclesia through Fuller last November. I don't have a facebook account, but could you shoot me an email for a question off-line? seaktb@gmail.com
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Thanks!
David
Let me encourage your faith when facing atheists
https://youtu.be/g6W4Dz30dU8
And this is the information below of the clip: Knowledge of human are as small as sands . Atheists are arrogant about their knowledge , not modest about the sands . If God created the universe , = 300 or 400 billion galaxies in the universe or more than that . Earth is 1 planet inside 1 galaxy , the earth = 5.972E24 kg = 5,972,190,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg = (1.31664251759790396e+25) lbs . 1 person weight 70 kg = 155 lbs . Universe age = 13.82 billion years , earth age = 4.543 billion years . Technology + knowledge of human's civilization = from the first production of stone artefacts, about 2.5 million years ago, to the end of the last Ice Age, about 9,600 BCE , = +2.5 million years , perhaps become civilized in 11000 years . Today do we know all about earth & the body of human 100% ? There are too many small things like virus that we can’t defeat them . If we don’t know all so do we have enough ability to find God’s evidence . I teach you about humility . The technology + knowledge of 11000 years human's civilation can find evidence of God or has enough knowledge to to answer " does God exit , the owner of universe which 13.82 billion years years old & 300 or 400 billion galaxies or more than that " ? It's too lame , faulty . U can read the debate between me & atheists here https://plus.google.com/112166857546472929462/posts/Wbb6r2J1rwv
Science is working. We don't know all. Imperfect knowledge. So if someone tell us that God doesn'ty exit so the answer base on imperfect knowledge. So the accuracy of the answer is imperfect. "Carl Sagan said 'an atheist is someone who knows more than I do.' Even he had to admit that he just didn't know about the existence of God," he reminded speakers, referring to the popular American astronomer and cosmologist". Around us good people go to Heaven when they die, every day, and I tell the atheists that they should carry camera & follow good souls to heaven to get proofs of God. I have defeated atheists many times.
David
CP and Andi, already on it
I was so happy to find your blog. I live in England and for my dissertation for my BA in applied theology, I focussed on the work of Hans Rookmaaker with specific reference to beauty and the role and purpose of art within the 21st century. I had a great time coming to grips with this which led to my MA that I am currently studying in Philosophical and systematic theology. I am currently doing an essay of my choice upon the work and influence of Hans Urs Von Balthasar and his influence on theological aesthetics over the last 30 years. I was wondering if you have any advice concerning sources, books etc that you would recommend for this. I find the whole area of theological aesthetics extremely interesting and copelling, espeically as I am myself an artist and learning from others has been a true gift and privalege. Once I have finished my MA I hope I can continue studying towards my phd in Christianity and the arts with a focus upon theological aesthetics and the possible connections with aesthetic cognitivism and spirituality. thank you for taking the time to read this
Jack
Blessings on your continued studies!
David