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Martin Nicol's enthusiasm for the arts inspired pastors in Erlangen, Braunschweig, and beyond to integrate their artistic passions into their professional lives rather than relegating them to personal time. This volume compiles essays by Nicol, where poems, cantatas, and films inform an aesthetically oriented practical theology. Nicol aims to spark interest in a practice that explores God's beauty through the arts, even amid a theologically, politically, and culturally transformed landscape. Martin Nicol, Dr. theol., born in 1953, studied theology in Erlangen, Tübingen, Rome, and Toulouse. He served as a church musician and held the chair of Practical Theology in Erlangen from 1995 to 2019, focusing on homiletics, poimenics, and liturgics. His academic journey includes roles such as Greek lecturer, vicar, and promotion in 1983 for his work on meditation in Luther, followed by positions in systematic theology and habilitation in 1989 for his research on conversation as pastoral care. Nicol's diverse experiences enrich his exploration of the interplay between theology and the arts, inviting readers to engage with beauty in their spiritual practices.