Why I don’t just read “Christian” books
In my last post, I asked whether it is profitable for us as readers and authors to use the label “Christian” to describe certain…
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Performing the Sacred: A Review
Todd E. Johnson and Dale Savidge, Performing the Sacred: Theology and Theatre in Dialogue (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2009), £12.99/$21.99, ISBN 080102952X. Looking for…
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Featured Artist: Tom Graffagnino
For these featured artist posts I normally try to produce a few words that introduce and throw some light on the artist’s work. Today,…
Read MoreThe Fashionable Suspicion of Fashion
Giles Lipovetsky has observed that, “The question of fashion is not a fashionable one among intellectuals.” The dearth of anything close to a theological…
Read MoreThe Religious (and “Local”?) Imagination—or, How we Obey Christ’s Second Command
Over the past several years, talk of the “religious imagination” has become much more popular among theological circles, especially those particularly interested in theology…
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Church Beyond the Fourth Wall
The playwright and director Peter Brook once stated: “The only thing that all forms of theatre have in common is the need for an…
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Are labels useful? or, why I’m not sure about “Christian” Literature
Every now and then, someone will challenge why I would consider thinking through literature theologically, or whether thinking about theological texts and scripture with…
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Insider/Outsider Relationships in Theology and the Arts
Because this is our 100th post (reflective summary post to follow shortly), I thought I might reflect somewhat generally on one particular aspect of…
Read MoreGospel Echoes in Fantastic Fiction: Part Two (of Two)
Travis Buchanan just completed his M.Litt. at the Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts at the University of St Andrews and is beginning…
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