A New Series: For the Beauty of the Church
Over the next week we are going to work our way slowly through the recent collection of essays edited by W. David O. Taylor…
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Tidbits
Christ and Pop Culture have two posts about Inception, one on imagination and the other on reality. Diary of an Arts Pastor is a…
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Food for Thought in Inception
Inception is one of those films worth your money to see on the big screen. The filming and special effects were exhilarating, together with…
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Praising the Unpopular: Some Reflections on Taste
In the beginning pages of his latest book Living in the End Times, Slavoj Žižek argues for the different between good taste and true…
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All that Jazz
“I never like jazz music because jazz music doesn’t resolve. But I was outside the Bagdad Theater in Portland one night when I saw…
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Illuminating the Bible
When I was young, one of my parents would end our meal together by pulling me up on their lap and reading a story…
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Theology, Aesthetics, and Culture: Conversations with the Work of David Brown
This year the annual conference of the Institute for Theology, Imagination, and the Arts at the University of St Andrews—held 6-8 September—will focus on…
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Deadly Theatre and a Plea for Creativity
Imagine yourself sitting in a theatre waiting for a play to begin. The lights dim, the curtain is pulled, and the first actors emerge…
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Innovative Theatre Spaces, Innovative Worship Spaces
As a result of the global recession, funding for artistic projects, communities, and individuals is being cut. Rather than killing the creative spirit, however,…
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