Popular Music and Theology: Strange Bedfellows?
As a child of a particular strand of American Protestantism, I was warned from an early age to be weary of this world and…
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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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Christian Congregational Music: Call for Papers
Christian Congregational Music: Local and Global Perspectives 1-3 September 2011, Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford Call for Papers Christian congregational singing is a vital and…
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Musical Beauty: A Review
A Review of Férdia J. Stone-Davis, Musical Beauty: Negotiating the Boundary between Subject and Object (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2011) Beauty, understood by means…
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Reflections on A Conversation with an Artist
Last Tuesday (15 February), we had the pleasure of hosting a part concert/part discussion with singer-songwriter, Miriam Jones. The evening was structured in such…
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A Transformational Passion
Osvaldo Golijov’s La Pasión según San Marcos was commissioned in 2000 as one of a quartet of new passion-settings. The work attracted glowing reviews…
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Forum: A Conversation with an Artist
In the next event, The Forum* is departing from its typical format by hosting a musical performance. Singer and songwriter Miriam Jones will be…
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In the Bleak Mid-Winter
In the Bleak Mid-Winter by Christina Rosetti (1872) In the bleak mid-winter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a…
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