Synoptic Imagination
In the introduction to the Imagination Symposium, I mentioned that I would be writing on synthetic imagination. Recent conversations with colleagues, however, persuaded me…
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A Thesis on the Theatrical Turn in Christian Thought and Practice [Part Two]
Wes Vander Lugt’s thesis on the ‘theatrical turn’ in Christianity concludes below. To restate his thesis in full: Christian existence is a dialogical, divine…
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A Thesis on the Theatrical Turn in Christian Thought and Practice [Part One]
Due to circumstances outside our control, Josh Edelman’s post has been moved to Saturday. Today, please enjoy Part One of Wes Vander Lugt’s A Thesis…
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Advent, Art and Receptivity
At the heart of advent is the attitude of receptivity. Gabriel appears to Mary and delivers the earth-shattering news: “You will be with child…
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Christian Theology and Tragedy: Wrestling with the Woundedly Embroiled
A Review of Kevin Taylor and Giles Waller, eds., Christian Theology and Tragedy: Theologians, Tragic Literature and Tragic Theory (Ashgate, 2011). Christians are quick…
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Beauty, Ethics, and Reformed Spirituality
What does saving seeds have to do with splendor, or responsible waste disposal with wonder, or biodiversity with beauty? Everything, according to Belden Lane,…
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Art that Tells the Story: A Review
Christopher R. Brewer, ed., Art that Tells the Story. Grand Rapids, MI: Gospel through Shared Experience, 2011. 102 pp., $24.99 paper. Don’t open the book right…
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Avoiding Deadly Doctrine
“It is the immemorial dream of the talentless that a sufficient devotion to doctrine will produce art.” -David Mamet, Theatre The American playwright and…
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There Are No Spectators: Participatory Theatre and Performing the Faith
In participatory theatre, everyone involved produces a work that no one could accomplish alone. Is it the same when we are performing the faith?
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