new church life: march/april 2017
Swedenborg and the Arts
International Conference
June 6-9, 2017
Bryn Athyn College is hosting the first-ever international conference
dedicated to examining the impact of Emanuel Swedenborg’s theology and
ideas on the arts. Thirty scholars from 10 different countries will be coming
to the College to present on a variety of topics related to Swedenborg’s
influence on the arts.
The conference offers a unique opportunity to learn about 200
years' worth of painters, poets, architects and novelists who all used
Swedenborgian concepts in their art. Can you paint love? Is it possible to
design a city with heaven (or the Grand Human) in mind? Daniel Burnham,
a Swedenborgian, did so in Chicago and in many other places as well. When
we read Swedenborg, why did Ralph Waldo Emerson write that "we come
into a world which is a living poem"?
Artists inspired by ideas revealed by Swedenborg are still painting, still
writing, and still designing today. Some of them will be at the conference to
discuss what they are working on and what they hope to do in the future.
Please keep the dates available and when registration is open, sign up
and join us for this exciting event at Bryn Athyn College.
Suzy Laidlaw, Event Coordinator
[email protected]
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