Some books on Christianity & Art (particularly the visual arts and film)

This is quite an eclectic mix, in no particular order (except I know the authors of the first two, so I put them first as a plug). I own most of them in print.

For the Beauty of the Church: Casting a Vision for the Arts, edited by W. David O. Taylor (Baker, 2010). Contributors include: Eugene Peterson, W. David O. Taylor, Lauren Winner, John Witvliet, Jeremy Begbie, Andy Crouch, Barbara Nicolosi, Joshua Banner.
Intruding upon the Timeless: Meditations on Art, Faith, and Mystery, by Gregory Wolfe (Square Halo Books, 2003)
The Liberated Imagination: Thinking Christianly about the Arts, by Leland Ryken (Shaw Books, 2000; reprint: Wipf & Stock, 2005)
Art for God's Sake: A Call to Recover the Arts, by Philip Graham Ryken (P & R Publishing, 2006)
The Christian Imagination: The Practice of Faith in Literature and Writing (Writers' Palette Book), by Philip Graham Ryken (Shaw Books, 2002)
Refractions: A Journey of Faith, Art, and Culture, by Makoto Fujimura (NavPress, 2009)
It Was Good: Making Art to the Glory of God, by Ned Bustard (Square Halo Books, 2007)
Modern Art and the Death of a Culture, by Hans R. Rookmaaker (Crossway Books, 1994)
Art Needs No Justification, by Hans R. Rookmaaker (IVP, 1978; reprint: Regent College Publishing, 2010)
Visual Faith: Art, Theology, and Worship in Dialogue (Engaging Culture series), by William A. Dyrness (Baker Academic, 2001)
Senses of the Soul: Art and the Visual in Christian Worship (Art for Faith's Sake), by William A. Dyrness (Cascade Books, 2008)
Reformed Theology and Visual Culture: The Protestant Imagination from Calvin to Edwards, by William A. Dyrness (Cambridge University Press, 2004)
Rouault: A Vision of Suffering and Salvation, by William A. Dyrness (Eerdmans, 1971)
State of the Arts: From Bezalel to Mapplethorpe (Turning Point Christian Worldview Series), by Gene Edward Veith (Crossway Books, 1991)
Imagine: A Vision for Christians in the Arts, by Steve Turner (IVP, 2001)
God in the Gallery: A Christian Embrace of Modern Art (Cultural Exegesis), Daniel A. Siedell (Baker Academic, 2008)
Rainbows for the Fallen World: Aesthetic Life and Artistic Task, by Calvin Seerveld (Toronto Tuppence Press, 1980)
A Christian Critique of Art and Literature, by Calvin Seerveld (Toronto Tuppence Press, 1995)
Bearing Fresh Olive Leaves, by Calvin Seerveld (Toronto Tuppence Press, 2000)
Art and the Beauty of God: A Christian Understanding, by Richard Harries (Continuum, 2005)
Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art, by Madeleine L'Engle (North Point Press, 1995)
Breath for the Bones: Art, Imagination and Spirit: A Reflection on Creativity and Faith, by Luci Shaw (Thomas Nelson, 2009)
God Through the Looking Glass: Glimpses from the Arts, edited by William David Spencer & Aida Besancon Spencer (Baker Academic, 1998)
The Creative Call: An Artist's Response to the Way of the Spirit, by Janice Elsheimer (Shaw Books, 2001)
Art & Soul: Signposts for Christians in the Arts, by Hilary Brand & Adrienne Chaplin (IVP Academic, 2001)
Art in Action: Toward a Christian Aesthetic, by Nicholas Wolterstorff (Eerdmans, 1980)
Visual Piety: A History and Theory of Popular Religious Images, by David Morgan (Unviersity of California Press, 1999)
Beholding the Glory: Incarnation through the Arts, by Jeremy Begbie (Baker Academic, 2000)
Voicing Creation's Praise: Towards a Theology of the Arts, by Jeremy Begbie (T&T Clark, 2000)
Sounding the Depths: Theology Through the Arts, edited by Jeremy Begbie (SCM Press, 2003)
Theology, Music and Time (Cambridge Studies in Christian Doctrine), by Jeremy Begbie (Cambridge University Press, 2000)
The Substance Of Things Seen: Art, Faith, And The Christian Community (Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Liturgical Studies), by Robin M. Jensen (Eerdmans, 2004)
Good Taste, Bad Taste, and Christian Taste: Aesthetics in Religious Life, by Frank Burch Brown (Oxford University Press, 2003)
Theology and the Arts: Encountering God Through Music, Art, and Rhetoric, by Richard Viladesau (Paulist Press, 2000)
Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling, by Andy Crouch (IVP, 2008)
Christ and Culture, by H. Richard Niebuhr (Harper & Row, 1956)
Christ and Culture Revisited, by D.A. Carson (Eerdmans, 2008)
Real Presences, by George Steiner (University of Chicago Press, 1991)
Theological Aesthetics: A Reader, edited by Ges Elsbeth Thiessen (Eerdmans, 2005)
Signs and Symbols in Christian Art: With Illustrations from Paintings from the Renaissance, by George Ferguson (Oxford University Press, 1966)
Saints and Their Symbols: Recognizing Saints in Art and in Popular Images, by Fernando & Gioia Lanzi (Liturgical Press, 2004)
How to Read a Church: A Guide to Symbols and Images in Churches and Cathedrals, by Richard Taylor (HiddenSpring, 2005)
Painting the Word: Christian Pictures and Their Meanings, by John Drury (Yale University Press, 2002)
The Old Testament Through 100 Masterpieces of Art
The New Testament Through 100 Masterpieces of Art, by Regis Debray (Merrell Publishers, 2004)
Old Testament Figures in Art (A Guide to Imagery), by Chiara de Capoa (J. Paul Getty Museum, 2004)
Gospel Figures in Art (Guide to Imagery Series), by Stefano Zuffi (J. Paul Getty Museum, 2003)
Death and Resurrection in Art (Guide to Imagery Series), by Enrico de Pascale (J. Paul Getty Museum, 2009)
Saints in Art (Guide to Imagery Series), by Rosa Giorgi (J. Paul Getty Museum, 2003)
Angels and Demons in Art (Guide to Imagery Series), by Rosa Giorgi (J. Paul Getty Museum, 2005)
The History of the Church in Art (Guide to Imagery Series), by Rosa Giorgi (J. Paul Getty Museum, 2009)
A Journey into Christian Art, by Helen De Borchgrave (Lion UK, 2001)
The Lion Companion to Christian Art, by Michelle P. Brown (Lion UK, 2008)
The Illustrated Jesus Through the Centuries, by Jaroslav Pelikan (Yale University Press, 1997)
The Sexuality of Christ in Renaissance Art and in Modern Oblivion, by Leo Steinberg (University of Chicago Press, 1997)
Reading Is Believing: The Christian Faith through Literature and Film, by David S. Cunningham (Brazos Press, 2002)
Reframing Theology and Film: New Focus for an Emerging Discipline (Cultural Exegesis), edited by Robert K. Johnston (Baker Academic, 2007)
Imaging the Divine: Jesus and Christ-Figures in Film (Communication, Culture & Theology), by Lloyd Baugh (Sheed & Ward, 1997)
The Routledge Companion to Religion and Film, edited by John Lyden (Routledge, 2010)
Theology and Film: Challenging the Sacred/Secular Divide, by Christopher Deacy & Gaye Williams Ortiz (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008)
St. Paul at the Movies: The Apostle's Dialogue with American Culture, by Robert Jewett (Westminster John Knox Press, 1993)
Saint Paul Returns to the Movies: Triumph over Shame, by Robert Jewett (Eerdmans, 1998)
Finding God in the Movies: 33 Films of Reel Faith, by Robert K. Johnston (Baker, 2004)
Movies That Matter: Reading Film Through the Lens of Faith, by Richard Leonard (Loyola Press, 2006)
Catching Light: Looking for God in the Movies, by Roy M. Anker (Eerdmans, 2005)
Jesus at the Movies: A Guide to the First Hundred Years, by W. Barnes Tatum (Polebridge Press, 2004)
Explorations in Theology and Film: An Introduction, edted by Clive Marsh & Gaye Ortiz (Wiley-Blackwell, 1997)
Cinema and Sentiment: Film's Challenge to Theology (Studies in Religion and Culture), by Clive Marsh (Paternoster, 2004)
Savior on the Silver Screen, by Richard C. Stern, Clayton N. Jeffford & Guerric Debona (Paulist Press, 1999)
Finding God in the Dark: Taking the Spiritual Exercises of St.Ignatius to the Movies, by John Pugente & onty Williams (Novalis, 2004)
Behind the Screen: Hollywood Insiders on Faith, Film, and Culture, edited by Spencer Lewerenz & Barbara Nicolosi (Baker, 2005)
Praying the Movies: Daily Meditations from Classic Films, by Edward McNulty (Westminster John Knox Press, 2005)
Praying the Movies II: More Daily Meditations from Classic Films, by Edward McNulty (Westminster John Knox Press, 2004)
Lights, Camera ... Faith! A Movie Lectionary, Cycle A, by Peter Malone & Rose Pacatte (Pauline Books & Media, 2001)
Lights, Camera... Faith! A Movie Lectiomary- Cycle B, by Peter Malone & Rose Pacatte (Pauline Books & Media, 2002)
Lights, Camera... Faith! A Movie Lectiomary- Cycle C, by Peter Malone & Rose Pacatte (Pauline Books & Media, 2003)

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Rosie Perera

A few more from my books-to-buy list (recommended by others):

The Art of the Icon: A Theology of Beauty, by Paul Evdokimov (Oakwood Publications, 1989)
The Mind's Eye: Art and Theological Argument in the Middle Ages, edited by Jeffrey F. Hamburger & Anne-Marie Bouche (Princeton University Press, 2005)
Windows into the Soul: Arts as Spiritual Expression, by Michael Sullivan (Morehouse Publishing, 2006)
In A New Light: Spirituality and the Media Arts, by Ron Austin (New City Press, 2008)
Jesus in Twentieth Century Literature, Art, and Movies, by Paul Burns (Continuum, 2007)
The Beauty Of The Infinite: The Aesthetics Of Christian Truth, by David Bentley Hart (Eerdmans, 2004)

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The Art of the Icon: A Theology of Beauty, by Paul Evdokimov (Oakwood Publications, 1989)

This ought to be good, and Logos really needs something about icons. Now that I look, I can't find that they have anything. Big mistake!