Anyone who has been on the backpacker trail around Europe will be able to testify to the way in which swarms of people are attracted to the beautiful buildings, churches, monuments, and works of art that abundantly populate this continent. …
Abraham Kuyper once said, “In the total expanse of human life there is not a single square inch of which the Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not cry, ‘Mine!’” Everything we do, no matter how ‘spiritual’, can reflect the…
~by James McCullough and Wes Vander Lugt A few weeks ago, we launched a conversation on this blog about a definition of art. It is a project that emerges directly out of our teaching experience in the intersection of theology,…
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 vibrant dimension of church communities worldwide. It reflects, informs, and articulates local convictions and concerns as…
I spend most of my time reading and writing about Edith Nesbit. Most Brits remember her best for her novel, The Railway Children. The stage-play adaptation has seen sold out runs in York and London for the last three summers…
Review of Timothy G. Gombis, The Drama of Ephesians: Participating in the Triumph of God (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2010). This is an exciting book, and there are so many angles that one could take in a review. Since I…
The team at Transpositions is very grateful to the scholars who contributed posts for our Rookmaaker Symposium, and also to those who offered their comments and questions. The week provided a small snapshot of Rookmaaker’s life and work, and…
The last Tidbits was on Art and Artists. It was intended to be wide ranging. This week, following the Rookmaaker symposium, tidbits will be a little more modest. Indeed, titling it Aesthetics and the Church might be an overreach. Nonetheless,…
Laurel Gasque is the Associate Editor of ArtWay and the author of Art and the Christian Mind: The Life and Work of H.R. Rookmaaker. She is also sessional lecturer in theology and the arts at Regent College, Vancouver, B.C. and adjunct professor of art…