Marilynne Robinson’s popular and critically acclaimed novels, Gilead and Home are masterpieces that deftly explore deep metaphysical questions with characters who search for meaning and redemption through Christian faith, engaging with issues of spiritual longing and fulfillment in a way…
We used to entertain ourselves. Anyone who has read Jane Austen knows that in the evenings of the era, people would gather in the drawing room to listen to others play or sing; other times there might be community dances…
Even if beauty is hard to define and difficult to pinpoint, most people in contemporary culture seem compelled to engage with beauty in some way. We contemplate the awesome beauty of nature: in the bend of the river, the hues…
As a current 11th English teacher, I often have situations arise that give me new ways to consider the relationship between art, imagination, and the deeper meaning of life. For instance, recently I gave my students a creative assignment which…
Having previously been a guest contributor to Transpositions, I am delighted now to be a “regular!” Although I began contributing as a graduate student in the Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts, I am now full-time in the “working…
Review of Chapter 6 in What Good are the Arts? by John Carey. Transpositions is hosting reviews of each chapter of this book from 28 March – 3 April 2011. In Part One of “What Good are the Arts?” John…
Among the most powerful aspects of human art is its ability to reveal our emotional appropriation of crucial theological issues. For instance, the literary genre of tragedy probes with searing honesty how human projects and relationships are thwarted by the…