Ryan Mullins holds an M.A. in Philosophy of Religion from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and is about to begin a PhD in Theology at the University of St Andrews. During the ITIA conference I noticed that the term apophatic theology…
Last week the Institute for Theology, Imagination, and the Arts at the University of St Andrews hosted a conference entitled “Theology, Aesthetics, and Culture: Conversations with the Work of David Brown.” As one of the conference participants, I can testify…
If you recently attended the ITIA conference in St Andrews, “Theology, Aesthetics and Culture: Conversations with the Work of David Brown,” Transpositions invites you to submit responses to the conference that we will publish here beginning on Monday. If interested…
More than at any other time of my life, I’ve spent this summer feeling like a tourist. And I guess that’s because I’ve spent a good part of this summer being a tourist. I had the opportunity to take a…
Over the past three days, I’ve had the opportunity to be a part of ITIA’s annual conference. This year, the conference engaged with the work of Professor David Brown, specifically considering his assertion that revelation of God can be found…
You may be familiar with Sufjan Stevens from his two creative albums devoted to US states, Illinoise and Greetings from Michigan. Or you may have heard his folksy, indie rock renditions of popular holiday tunes in Songs for Christmas. But…
“The dreadful thing about so much theology is that, in relation to the reality of the human situation, it is so superficial. Theological categories (really mere theological formulae) are ‘armed without sufficient depth of understanding insensitively misunderstood. Theologians need therefore…
As a mother of two small boys, I spend my days playing and watching them play. I have also been involved in organizing and leading godly play in church and at home. Godly play was originally developed by Jerome Berryman,…
Many of David’s sculptures, such as the one shown in the header, invoke the weightiness and density of the materials he uses. He suspends many of his works in a moment of balanced tension leaving the viewer wondering what will…