Many Christians are held captive by a picture of the imagination as a
purveyor of false images, prone to idolatry. We live in a society
fixated on images that have little or no significance. We are surrounded
by models of the world that are not in touch with any truth outside of
themselves. But we lack the resources to see and imagine things
differently. Kevin Vanhoozer calls the church to a more biblical and
premodern picture, one that sees every particular person, thing and
event in the light of God's act of reconciling the world to himself in
Christ. Through essays on the church's worship, witness and wisdom,
Vanhoozer shows us how a poetic imagination can answer the questions of
life's meaning by drawing our attention to what really matters: the God
of the gospel.
