January 6 - 7, 2023
Featuring Keynote Speaker
Dr. W. David O. Taylor
Associate Professor of
Theology and Culture
Fuller Theological Seminary
Presented by Kairos Arts Ministry
& The Ridley Institute
at St Andrews Church Mount Pleasant
About the Conference
God, the Author of Beauty, calls us to join him in the work of cultivating beauty. You are invited to this two-day conference where, through an exploration of visual arts, music and song, and written word and poetry, we will examine how we think theologically about the arts, and how we can better steward the arts and artists.
Artists and non-artists alike will enjoy this accessible exploration into the ongoing importance of art in the life of faith. Join us as we cast a vision for how the church can respond corporately and personally to God’s invitation.
About the Speaker
W. David O. Taylor is Associate Professor of Theology and Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary and the author of several books, including Open and Unafraid: The Psalms as a Guide to Life (Thomas Nelson /HarperCollins, 2020) and Glimpses of the New Creation: Worship and the Formative Power of the Arts (Eerdmans, 2019), as well as editor of For the Beauty of the Church: Casting a Vision for the Arts (Baker Books, 2010) and co-editor of Contemporary Art and the Church: A Conversation between Two Worlds (IVP Academic, 2017) and The Art of New Creation: Trajectories in Theology and the Arts (IVP, 2022). His forthcoming book with Baker Academic is titled, A Body of Praise: Understanding the Role of Our Physical Bodies in Worship.
In addition to a range of scholarly essays, he has written for The Washington Post, Image Journal, Religion News Service, Theology Today, and Books & Culture, among others. He 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,” and was a core participant in the four-year project, “Theology, Modernity, and the Visual Arts,” hosted by King’s College, London, involving annual conversations between scholars and artists in London, Chicago, Berlin, and Venice. An Anglican priest, he has lectured widely on the arts, from Thailand to South Africa. In 2016 he produced a short film on the psalms with Bono and Eugene Peterson. He lives in Austin, Texas.
Follow him on Twitter @wdavidotaylor and on Instagram @davidtaylor_theologian.
