That the “poetic imagination” can capture a knowledge and truth in its own right has often been noted throughout the ages. In ancient Greece, Plato stated that “Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.” Christian poets too have honored poetry…
There can often be two schools of thought when it comes to pastoral care of artists. The first says that artists should be treated just like any other group within a religious tradition. It should not be assumed that the…
Imagine: at this very moment, reading this blog at your desk, on your sofa, or wherever you happen to be, there are untold numbers of electrical signals—from wi-fi to radio to cellular—penetrating your body. Of course, we don’t think about…
Sooner or later, the writer of creative fiction seems bound to ask just how free are my characters? Good writers strive to make their characters as free as possible – to give them a life of their own – and…
Natasha F. H. O’Hear, Contrasting Images of the Book of Revelation in Late Medieval and Early Modern Art: A Case Study in Visual Exegesis. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. xvii + 287 pp., £83.00 cloth. In this monograph, Natasha F.…
Alastair Gordon. Beyond Air Guitar: A Rough Guide for Christian Students and Graduates in Art, Design and the Media. Carlisle: Piquant Editions, 2012, 226pp. £14.99 paper. In this three-part guide for Christian art students and recent graduates, London-based painter and writer…
Augustine occupies a unique place in the history of theological aesthetics. In a sense, the whole of Western theological aesthetics is couched in Augustine’s complex struggle to understand how the things of the body (sensuality, art, imagination, etc.) should be…
Recently, I concluded my dissertation for my MLitt here at St Andrews. My project focused on the Anglo-Norman medieval poet Chrétien de Troyes and his romance Perceval, suggesting that he intended to create a narrative that reworked catechetical approaches to the…
As we pursue our aim to bring the conversation of theology and the arts to a broader audience, we’d like to make you aware of several upcoming changes here at Transpositions. Changes to The Team With Professor Trevor Hart transitioning from St…