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How Christians Can Take the Lead with Paid Family Leave | [View online]( [Give Now]( Advertisement [Christianity Today Connection]( [Home]( [Our Latest]( [Subscribe]( Wednesday, July 25, 2018 [Christian Artists: Don’t Leave the Bible Behind]( [Christian Artists: Don’t Leave the Bible Behind]( Why a Scriptural imagination is essential to the making and enjoying of art. Interview by Jennifer Craft Recent years have witnessed fruitful conversations about the interplay between Christian theology and the arts. But what these dialogues need most, according to Duke Divinity School theologian Jeremy Begbie, is a firmer grounding in Scripture, the classic creeds, and a Trinitarian imagination. In his latest book, A Peculiar Orthodoxy: Reflections on Theology and the Arts, Begbie draws together such topics as beauty, natural theology, divine and human freedom, and the role of emotion. Jennifer Craft, ... 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