A journal of theology, imagination, and the arts.

The Art of Lent: Contemplation

[Editor’s Note: For more information on Sister Wendy and The Art of Lent series, see our Series Launch.]   Our contemplative journey through The Art of Lent with Sister Wendy continues as we direct our attention and imagination to the raptured saints of…

The Art of Lent: Silence

[EDITOR’S NOTE: Continuing our series on The Art of Lent: A Painting a Day from Ash Wednesday to Easter by Sister Wendy Beckett, Dan Drage offers insight and reflection on the theme of ‘Silence’ for the first week of Lent. For…

The Art of Lent: Humility, Rembrandt, and Goya

[Editor’s Note: In the second reflection on Sister Wendy Beckett’s The Art of Lent: A Painting a Day from Ash Wednesday to Easter, our anonymous contributor examines the theme of ‘Humility’ and Beckett’s selected Rembrandt and Goya paintings, and offers a…

The Art of Lent: Series Launch

This series on The Art of Lent has been a year in the making. When I first came across this little book (literally – it is 14cm by 16cm) when it was newly released just before Lent began last year, I…

2018 Arts and Faith Ecumenical Jury – Part One: Top 10

We are honoured at Transpositions to host the 2018 Arts and Faith Ecumenical Jury Top 10 Films, based at www.artsandfaith.com. Since 2014, the Ecumenical Jury is an annual collaboration between film critics with a Christian perspective and tradition. Jury founder and…

Italian Light: Elizabeth Jennings and Thomas Aquinas

[Editor’s Note:  Last week, Ann Loades reviewed Dana Greene’s biography of Elizabeth Jennings and considered her turbulent life, her prolific body of work, and her significant impact in literary and theological realms.  This week, Caleb Kormann offers a more in…

Review: Elizabeth Jennings: ‘The Inward War’

Dana Greene. Elizabeth Jennings: ‘The Inward War’. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. xx + 258 pages. £25.00 / $35.00 cloth. Dana Greene is Dean Emerita of Oxford College, Emory University, and author of a biography, Denise Levertov: A Poet’s Life (2012), which is a…