One group of Christians I have enjoyed learning more about and reading the works that they produced centuries ago are the Puritans. The Puritans were a prominent source for a paper I wrote on Christian leisure. They were so heavenly minded and of great earthly good, much to the opposite of the poorly stated converse. Further, I’ve found that the Puritans are oft maligned because they are oft misunderstood. They are viewed as if they had no fun, yet they were known for brewing a special beer for celebrating a minister’s ordination.

A great discussion to begin the conversation about how can we work as Protestants to reclaim good Christian art. There is a lot of things briefly touched upon here which I have tried to highlight in the post’s tags, but utilitarianism is definitely a major component. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/podcasts/tgc-podcast/christian-art-often-bad/ UPDATE: 20191016 It is good to see Christian arts perform well at the box office and in other arenas, but I still believe Christian art, especially evangelical art, has a long way to go and improve.