Elijah Wade Smith

Elijah Wade Smith is a musician and visual artist pursuing his PhD at the Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts at St Mary’s College, the University of St Andrews, as well as ordination as a Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Church of Scotland. He contributes to the blog Lost in the Cloud.

The Evolution of the Crucifixion in Art

Elijah Smith has recently published a seven part essay titled “The Evolution of the Crucifixion in Art” on his blog Things and Stuff.  The original title for this essay was ‘The Development and Justification of Violent and Extreme Depictions of Suffering…

Hipster Christianity: A Review

A review of Hipster Christianity by Brett McCracken (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2010) Brett McCracken’s exploration of ‘Hipster Christianity’ has been the subject of much discussion in recent months.  In September, my blog co-contributor Greg Stump published a post…