Many Christians today have embraced the arts, and other cultural forms, as arenas for apologetics and evangelism. The arts are a medium through which Christians can get the message out. The world needs to hear the gospel, so why not…
Saint Louis University announces a generous grant from the John Templeton Foundation to explore the subject of intellectual humility. The project will focus on a variety of philosophical and theological issues relevant to the topic of intellectual humility, including: virtue epistemology;…
Gesa E. Thiessen edited a reader titled Theological Aesthetics with SCM Press. One particularly interesting passage that looks at the Church as a patron of modern art is Pie-Raymond Régamey’s ‘Religious Art in the Twentieth Century’ (pp.223-227). This French Catholic priest…
Sergius Bulgakov. Icons and the Name of God. Translated by Boris Jakim. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 2012, 192 pp. £16.99 paper. The Orthodox theologian Sergius Bulgakov (1871-1944) remains a controversial, but nevertheless important, figure in the Orthodox world, so much so…
The Revd Dr Robert MacSwain, a St Andrews alum, alerts us to two sessions at this year’s American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature conference in Baltimore, Maryland, November 2013, that are relevant to Transpositions readers: 1) “‘A New Way of Doing Theology’:…
Marilynne Robinson’s popular and critically acclaimed novels, Gilead and Home are masterpieces that deftly explore deep metaphysical questions with characters who search for meaning and redemption through Christian faith, engaging with issues of spiritual longing and fulfillment in a way…
Wayfarer Arts Conference * 15-21 July 2013 * Lee Abbey, North Devon, UK The Creative Spirit: Exploring Creation, Art and Identity The Wayfarer Arts Conference is hosted by Lee Abbey, a Christian Community and conference centre set in a spacious 280 acres…
Roland Recht; translated by Mary Whittall. Believing and Seeing: The Art of Gothic Cathedrals. Chicago & London: The University of Chicago Press, 2010, ix + 376 pp., £19.50 paper. Originally published in 1999 as Le croire et le voir: L’art des…
O taste and see that the Lord is good; happy are those who take refuge in him. -Psalm 34(33):8 On Sunday, May 16, 2010, I received Communion for the first time in almost a year. I had been going through the…