From the Editors: Transpositions will be taking a brief break over the summer. We will resume our regular posting schedule on Monday 19th August. In the meantime, enjoy your summer reading! _________________ Image credit: Cole Matson
Hans Boersma. Nouvelle Théologie and Sacramental Ontology: A Return to Mystery. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009, ix + 325 pp., £65.00 cloth. £25.00 paper. Boersma begins with the Jesuit patrologist Jean Daniélou’s controversial 1946 essay: “Les Orientations présentes de la pensée…
Olga Lah is an installation artist living and working in Los Angeles, CA. She received a B.A in studio art and a B.A. in art history from University of California, Riverside in 2002. She also holds an M.A. in…
In my last post, “The Integrity of Using Art, Part 1,” I suggested that when using art, affirming the integrity of the work is immensely important. While what we mean by “integrity” might need additional attention, and perhaps expansion, I…
During a recent talk, I was asked how we can create powerful Christian art in the theatre. I was reminded of a recent conversation I had with Barbara Nicolosi, a Catholic screenwriter who founded the Act One training program. She mentioned…
Sitting in the midst of the ruins of St Andrews cathedral in Scotland, I can almost envision an ancient ritual being performed by the brothers of the order who lived and served here centuries ago—the chanted recitation of psalms followed…
Everyone has at least one piece of literature they are congenitally afraid of picking up. Be it the fear and trembling of page count, plot synopsis, or personal distaste for protagonists in the whaling industry, we all have literary tomes…
In any course of academic inquiry, the definition of common terms is essential. In sharing a similar vocabulary, we are able to skip ahead from technical discourse into more theoretical or practical applications. In theology and the arts, we are…
An issue that I continue to run into as I research the Christian church’s support of the arts is that of the quality of the art object, particularly the assumptions that artwork in the church is usually ‘cringe-worthy’, and high…