Comparing Divine and Artistic Creativity (Part V): Toward an Ethic of Artistic Creativity
We have now arrived at the final post in this five part series. Up to this point, I have considered the way that one’s…
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Comparing Divine and Artistic Creativity (Part IV): The Relational Imago Dei
We have now arrived at the fourth installment of our series on comparing divine and artistic creativity. In previous posts, Part II and Part…
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Comparing Divine and Artistic Creativity (Part III): The Functional Imago Dei
We are now in the middle of a five part series on the role of comparisons between divine and artistic creativity within a theology…
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Comparing Divine and Artistic Creativity (Part II): The Structural Imago Dei
In Part II, I consider those who identify the image of God with creativity as an aspect of the human being. What are the ethical implications of comparing divine and artistic creativity from this perspective?
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Generosity of Spirit: A Perspective on Faith, Art and Teaching
During my graduate studies at Indiana University I encountered a way of thinking that not only resonated with my faith but also changed my…
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Ethics and the Implicit Beholder
Lately, I have been thinking about how when we look at a painting we not only complete or finish what the artist began, but…
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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 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…
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Hans Rookmaaker’s ‘Four Freedoms’ and Christian Art (Part II)
Dr. E. John Walford is Professor of Art History at Wheaton College, Illinois, where he has taught since 1981. He is author of Jacob…
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