Nora Kirkham considers how Natalia Ginzburg’s writing might help us to find ‘humility and hope’ while experiencing grief and hardship, in the next installment of our series on the ‘Art of Poverty’. In Pier Paolo Pasolini’s film, The Gospel According to…
Erik Eklund reviews Amazon’s new mega-budget Lord of The Rings spin off for Transpositions, addressing the controversy around the creation of the series. J.R.R. Tolkien had his fears. Mortar shells, for instance, and HMRC. That Tolkien sold the film rights to The Lord of the…
Ewan Bowlby explains how reading Crime and Punishment can help us to understand and respond to the shame and loneliness caused by student poverty, for the first article in our important new series on the “Art of Poverty”. In times…
As the 2022 academic year begins, Transpositions is returning! Having made it through the heat of the summer, the team are ready to bring readers fresh, exciting insights into the arts and theology through the cooler seasons. At Transpositions, we are ready to…
Matthew Nelson reviews Mary McCampbell’s latest book on art and empathy. Mary W. McCampbell, Imagining Our Neighbors as Ourselves: How Art Shapes Empathy. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2022, 219 pp., £19.99 hardcover. Can the arts help us to fulfil Jesus Christ’s commandment to…
Mitchell Holland’s exciting article on Theatrical Theology explains how Jesus Christ Superstar and Godspell can be experienced as “acts of worship”. Andrew Noah, whilst exploring Theatrical Theology, states: “Christianity, through the use of liturgical drama, mystery plays, morality plays, and plays performed within Christian schools,…
Arthur Aghajanian allows a Velázquez portrait to inspire a fascinating exploration of art, truth and contemplative stillness. “Then it was as if I suddenly saw the secret beauty of their hearts, the depths of their hearts where neither sin nor…
Erik Eklund’s thought-provoking, engaging reflection on Nabokov’s controversial novel explains how Lolita reveals the “monstrosity of the self-conscious novel”, for the final article in our series on banned books. Immediately banned for pornography in France and the United Kingdom — but never,…
Kelly Norris argues that the “generosity” and “love” in Kelly Yang’s Front Desk make it an appropriate novel for children to read as part of their spiritual development, in the next instalment of our series on banned books. In recent years, childhood…