New Godawa Book – Word Pictures

Earlier this summer I had the opportunity to meet and speak with Brian Godawa, screenwriter of To End All Wars, one of my all-time favorite movies. Godawa is great at making movies and documentaries that are weighty, culturally relevant, and that positively present a Christian worldview. For example, he has a new 60-minute documentary I recently saw called Lines That Divide: The Great Stem Cell Debate that gives a great overview on the problems of embryonic stem cell research and some of the better alternatives (from both a medical and ethical perspective).
So I’m delighted that Mr. Godawa has published a new book with IVP called Word Pictures: Knowing God Through Story & Imagination.
Some of the endorsements:
“Brian Godawa is that rare breed–a philosopher-artist–who opens our eyes to the aesthetic dimension of spirituality. Cogently argued and fun to read, this book analyzes the rich variety of literary genres found in Scripture itself. Godawa shows convincingly that God interacts with us as whole persons, not only through didactic teaching but also through metaphor, symbol and sacrament.”
—Nancy R. Pearcey, Francis A. Schaeffer Scholar, World Journalism Institute, and author of Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity
“Brian Godawa’s book is an exploration of the literary nature of the Bible. It is a spirited and balanced defense of the imagination as a potential conveyer of truth. There is a lot of good literary theory in the book, as well as an autobiographical story line. Pervading all this wealth is a sense of the author’s energetic mind. The thoroughness of research makes the book a triumph of scholarship as well.”
—Leland Ryken, Clyde S. Kilby Professor of English, Wheaton College, and editor of The Christian Imagination: The Practice of Faith in Literature and Writing (Writers’ Palette Book)
Read the publisher’s description or the first chapter.