{"id":1335,"date":"2011-01-10T05:30:50","date_gmt":"2011-01-10T05:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/bibleandculture\/2011\/01\/the-john-wesley-fellows-meeting-at-candler--the-art-of-theology.html"},"modified":"2011-01-10T05:30:50","modified_gmt":"2011-01-10T05:30:50","slug":"the-john-wesley-fellows-meeting-at-candler-the-art-of-theology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/bibleandculture\/2011\/01\/the-john-wesley-fellows-meeting-at-candler-the-art-of-theology.html","title":{"rendered":"The John Wesley Fellows Meeting at Candler—- The Art of Theology"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The John Wesley Fellows meeting this January was held in Atlanta at Candler School of Theology, and its Dean,  Dean Love is a collector of art for the seminary, with some 50 or so paintings now gracing the walls of their beautiful new seminary building.  The art of choice comes from a West coast artist influenced by Hispanic or Latin American art, named John August Swanson.  He has done a remarkable number of Biblical scenes, for instance above we have David and Goliath.
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Here we have Jacob’s  dream (above).
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Above is the disciples with the great catch of fish. <\/p>\n

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Oops.  This is a sideways picture of the Good Samaritan. <\/p>\n

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Here we have the raising of Lazarus.<\/p>\n

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Here is St. Michael slaying the dragon. <\/p>\n

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Here is a painting of scenes in stained glass in a cathedral.  There are many more of this ilk in Candler’s new building.  <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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