Synoptic Imagination
Wesley Vander Lugt is editor of Transpositions and a PhD candidate at the Institute for Theology, Imagination, and the Arts, researching the relationship between…
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Imagination Symposium: An Introduction
He is risen! He is risen indeed! This pronouncement echoing around the globe on this day constitutes the core of the Christian gospel. And…
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The Context of Art
~By James McCullough and Wes Vander Lugt In two previous posts, we articulated an understanding of art as a communicative creation involving three interwoven…
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Chapter Four: Do the arts make us better?
Review of Chapter 4 in What Good are the Arts? by John Carey. Transpositions is hosting reviews of each chapter of this book from…
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The Content of Art
~James McCullough and Wes Vander Lugt Defining art is an elusive task. In some ways, seeking to understand art is analogous to understanding God….
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Cultural Transpositions: A Review of Culture, Inculturation, and Theologians
Gerald A. Arbuckle, Culture, Inculturation, and Theologians: A Postmodern Critique (Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2010). What do Christians means when we talk about contextualization and…
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The Craft of Art
~by James McCullough and Wes Vander Lugt A few weeks ago, we launched a conversation on this blog about a definition of art. It…
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The Drama of Ephesians: A Review
Review of Timothy G. Gombis, The Drama of Ephesians: Participating in the Triumph of God (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2010). This is an exciting…
Read MoreEngaging the Arts: Craft, Content, and Context
~Wesley Vander Lugt and James McCullough One of the opportunities and challenges facing those at the intersection of theology and the arts is finding…
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