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	"Christians are starved for the kinds of mystery and questions that can only come through art," says Dr. Thom Mannarino, writer and English instructor at Florida State University. "Evangelicalism has become so systematized it has starved us and denied the deeper questions and mysteries of life. Unfortunately, the church has taken the role of providing simplistic answers to complex lives. Art, though, is about framing really great questions." (from an article, Art Gets Religion or does Religion Gets Art? by Jo Kadlecek at www.youngleader.org)		The Conference on Christianity and Literature is an international society of scholars and teachers dedicated to a growing awareness and understanding of the relationship between Christianity and the creation, study, and teaching of literature. It is allied with the Modern Language Association with nearly 1,300 members from a variety of academic institutions and religious traditions. Click here for list of conferences throughout the U.S.
			The Festival of Faith & Writing, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, April 20-22, 2006. Click here. See an attendee's notes from the 2002 conference, April 18-20, 2002.
			The 2005 Image Conference: The Matter of Devotion Art, Liturgy, and the Stuff of Worship, Houston, November 10-13, 2005. Click here.
			Baylor University's Art & Soul Festival,"Mystery and Meaning in the Arts", March. Click here.
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posted October 14, 2005
Judy Alexander, webmaster