Abilene Christian University will host a presentation on Christian art at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 2.

The talk, which if free and open to the public, will be held in the Packer Forum of ACU’s Brown Library. It will also be livestreamed. CLICK HERE to register for the Zoom webinar. The program is sponsored by ACU’s Center for the Study Ancient Religious Texts. (CSART)

Presenter will be ACU art professor Dan McGregor, who teaches drawing, Illustration, and art history classes. He is also a practicing painter and illustrator. The following is from an informational flier:

Dan McGregor

“Christian art often features a bending of time and space: Old Testament imagery appears in the background of New Testament scenes, Bible characters are teleported to appear alongside other characters who lived hundreds of years later, and seemingly disparate stories are pointedly juxtaposed in a single artwork.

This practice is more than just a playful whim; it is a window into a Christological reading of scripture that the church has preserved and practiced since patristic times. This talk will explore some of the common—and not so common—artistic juxtapositions that not only help open the door into how the ancient church read scripture, but also provides helpful insights for contemporary readers of scripture too.”