While working in a book store a co-worker once asked me,"How can you guys (Christians) go from writing Dante's Inferno to Left Behind? What happened? You guys had the Rennaissance!" Some recent conversations I've been having with John Tait and a few others have made me wonder the same thing and what is the Christians role in the artistic community. Chuck Colson has a great article on a rise of quality Christian Lit. It's worth a read and listen.
http://www.breakpoint.org/listingarticle.asp?ID=2178