An Introduction to our Autumn Series By Brendan Wolfe and Madeleine Meyer To commemorate 13,000 Soviet soldiers buried in Berlin after the city’s capture in 1945, the officially atheist Soviet state constructed a memorial whose visual and textual language draws…
After a year of being offline, Transpositions is back. And we, for one, couldn’t be more thrilled about this news. Through a series of unfortunate events, we found ourselves without a website early last year. Thanks to the hard work of many,…
Our lives are populated with narratives. Whether we’re reading a novel, listening to a true-crime podcast, keeping up with the latest political developments or following the life of a meme on social media, everywhere we look we find ourselves emersed…
Perhaps unfairly, pop music elicits a variety of negative images—erratic crowds of fangirls, producers who prioritise formulaic constructions over creative innovation, sensational aesthetics trickling down into cheap trends that come as quickly as they go. Charitable accounts of the affective…
The discipline of theology has been no stranger to philosophy. Some consider them uneasy bedfellows, but many within theological disciplines have engaged deeply and excitedly with philosophical thought. Transpositions is now accepting submissions for a series exploring the relationship between philosophy…
Though it’s not everyone’s favourite genre, horror comprises a large part of our cultural imagination. Cryptids and monsters, haunted houses, jump scares and gore, there’s no shortage of things that go bump in the night. From a Christian or broadly religious perspective, these elements and their portrayal in…
In a post-pandemic world marked by increasing cost of living and ubiquitous home streaming services, trips to the movie theatre have become for many a nonessential, nostalgic pastime, but the release of Barbie and Oppenheimer has reinvigorated casual theatregoers and film enthusiasts alike. Despite…
We are deeply saddened to announce the death of former Editor-in-Chief, Dr Ewan Bowlby, a vibrant, integral and inspirational member of Transpositions and the wider ITIA community. Ewan died on December 23rd, 2022 from brain cancer. He is survived by his wife,…
[EDITOR’S NOTE: This final instalment of our ten-year anniversary series is published in a new year. We have turned the corner from the past decade and the tumultuous year that was 2020. Looking back and also ahead, current Transpositions editors…