Mother Dolores Hart, O.S.B., & Richard DeNeut, The Ear of the Heart: An Actress’ Journey from Hollywood to Holy Vows. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2013, xvii + 457 pp., £15.05 cloth. The Ear of the Heart is an excellent and…
Born in a landscape of chalk hills and beech trees, I was baptised at the Norman font of a church with Saxon foundations and medieval wall paintings. Sunday after Sunday we sat beneath a 13th depiction of St Christopher, the…
“Speaking in tongues” is an act, written about in the New Testament and experienced by Christians to the present day, in which the Spirit gives someone to say more than she knows, in a language she doesn’t particularly understand as…
John Patrick Pazdziora and Defne Çizakça, eds., New Fairy Tales: Essays and Stories. Milton Keynes, UK: Unlocking Press, 2013, pp.xvii +437, $33.95. Author pages (unnumbered pages 432-437 in effect) provide a valuable initial guide to the nationalities and locations of…
Editor’s note: We are thrilled to welcome Jon Greenaway, a PhD Candidate from Manchester Metropolitan University working on Gothic theology, to the Transpositions team. This is his first post as a Regular Contributor in a series on Gothic theology. The Gothic has been…
Editor’s Note: Miriam Ernest is a dancer based in New York City and Washington, D.C. Miriam has trained and performed at the Grand Rapids Ballet Company, the Pacific Northwest Ballet School, and other major companies across the continent. She is currently…
Preston Yancey, Tables in the Wilderness: A Memoir of God Found, Lost, and Found Again. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2014, 240 pp., £12.99 cloth. This book’s back cover bio begins: “Preston Yancey is a lifelong Texan-raised Southern Baptist who fell in love…
In Visual Faith, William Dyrness entertains two questions concerning the uncomfortable, and at times awkward, relationship between beauty and goodness. The first: “Do pursuits of justice and beauty compete for our attention?”[1] And the second: “How can I enjoy quiet…
Call for Papers Christian Congregational Music: Local and Global Perspectives Conference Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford, United Kingdom 4-7 August 2015 Congregational music-making is a vital and vibrant practice within Christian communities worldwide. It reflects, informs, and articulates convictions and concerns that are…