Bundle
In May 2020, my sister Jennie was waiting to give birth to her first child in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. The last few weeks of pregnancy had been pretty stressful for a number of reasons, and my brother-in-law…
A journal of theology, imagination, and the arts.
Review: Peacebuilding and the Arts
Jolyon Mitchell, Giselle Vincett, Theodora Hawksley, and Hal Culbertson, eds. Peacebuilding and the Arts. Cham: Palgrave MacMillan, 2020, xxii + 483 pp., £89.99 hardcover, £71.50 eBook. On March 16, 2020, at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown, I tweeted…
The Art of Church Architecture: The Light of Reconciliation in Post-War Church Architecture
[EDITOR’S NOTE: Our month-long series on The Art of Church Architecture draws to a close with Series Editor Ewan Bowlby’s poignant piece on reconciliation reflected in post-war church architecture. We hope you have enjoyed this series. For more information, see…
Creativity out of a Krisis: A Transept reflection
[EDITOR’S NOTE: To begin our monthly Transept series, ITIA’s Giulia Privitelli presents a poignant, richly evocative reflection on the first meetings of the Transept group this year, framing this collaboration as a response to ‘crisis’. Inspired by three diverse artworks created…
Introducing our monthly Transept series
As mentioned in the first editorial post this term, during this academic year Transpositions will be featuring articles reflecting on the work of Transept; an artistic collaboration based in the Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts (ITIA), with links…
The Art of Church Architecture: Saint John’s Abbey Church… The Expectant Sanctuary
[EDITOR’S NOTE: As our series on The Art of Church Architecture continues, Taylor Morgan reflects on the unique design of Saint John’s Abbey Church in Collegeville, Minnesota. For more information, see our Series Launch.] When I moved nearly 1,000 miles…
Review: Fashion Theology
Robert Covolo, Fashion Theology. Baylor University Press, 2020, 200 pp. $39.95 (hardcover). In an article published by Transpositions in 2010, Robert Covolo (Ph. D. VU Amsterdam / Ph. D. Fuller Theological Seminary) put forth the still-relevant observation that theologians—and Christians…
The Art of Church Architecture: The Luminous Darkness of Westminster Cathedral
[EDITOR’S NOTE: Our series on The Art of Church Architecture continues as Kate Banks reflects on ‘The Luminous Darkness of Westminster Cathedral’. For more information, see our Series Launch.] Rumours have been circulating in some London Catholic circles that the…
Series Launch: The Art of Church Architecture
[EDITOR’S NOTE: Ewan Bowlby launches our series on The Art of Church Architecture with this introduction. You may see the associated first piece in the series, originally posted in late 2019, here: Charlemagne in Chartres: Looking at Stained Glass.] As…