Over the past several years, talk of the “religious imagination” has become much more popular among theological circles, especially those particularly interested in theology and the arts (authors such as Garrett Green, John McIntyre, Michael Austen, and Paul Avis attest…
Brian Godawa. Word Pictures: Knowing God through Story and Imagination. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1999. Pp. 208. $16.00 Word Pictures is an extended reflection on the dynamic interplay between word and image understood as categories of discourse. Word refers to…
‘They [Angus and his dog, Cyril] had now come up to the traffic lights at the Open Eye Gallery, and this was the signal for Angus to invoke one of Cyril’s more unusual tricks. Knowing that Cyril might need to…
The playwright and director Peter Brook once stated: “The only thing that all forms of theatre have in common is the need for an audience.” When it comes to the role audiences play in theatrical performances, however, there are vast…
Every now and then, someone will challenge why I would consider thinking through literature theologically, or whether thinking about theological texts and scripture with all my skills and training in how to read literary texts is a valuable occupation for…
On 21 July of this year, Edinburgh based sculptor David Mach temporarily installed the first of four ‘Coat Hanger Crucifixions’ outside of St Giles Cathedral. This sculpture is part of a much larger project culminating at the Edinburgh Art Centre…
Mary writes of her own work: I made my first 3-D collage 26 years ago. Since that time my work has grown in size, complexity and meaning. The collages are made by attaching layer upon layer of materials such as…
Because this is our 100th post (reflective summary post to follow shortly), I thought I might reflect somewhat generally on one particular aspect of the relationship between theology and the arts that has been on my mind lately. Part of…
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 research for his PhD. Resuming where we left off in part one of this post, we…