Editor’s Note: On 17 April, 2012, Michael O’Siadhail read from his latest collection of poetry, Tongues (Bloodaxe, 2010), on Tuesday, 17 April 2012 at 5:30 pm in Parliament Hall, South Street, St Andrews. Much poetry, we frequently tell ourselves, should ideally be heard as…
Editor’s Note: Transpositions is currently featuring a 3-part series on Art Prize by guest contributor, Chris Brewer. Brewer started with an introduction to the competition (published 11 April), and continues by suggesting a storied theology of the arts as a way by which…
In Part I, I suggested that words like ‘create,’ ‘creation’ and ‘creativity’ are dead metaphors because a robust theology of creation is no longer ‘mapped onto’ the human activities commonly referred to as ‘creative’. Then, I asked whether it might be…
Calling all Transpositions readers! We want to hear from you. At the beginning of June, Transpositions is hosting an online workshop on “Art in the Church.” Although we will invite some writers in particular, we would also like to extend…
On 15-17 August, 2012, the Institute for Theology, Imagination, and the Arts at the University of St Andrews is sponsoring Theatrical Theology: Conversations on Performing the Faith. Registration for this conference is now open, so visit the conference website or follow this link to…
Editor’s Note: Over the next three Wednesdays, Transpositions will feature a 3-part series on Art Prize by guest contributor, Chris Brewer. Starting with an introduction to the competition (published 11 April), Brewer suggests a storied theology of the arts as a…
Longtime friend of ITIA, poet Micheal O’Siadhail will be reading from his latest collection, Tongues (Bloodaxe, 2010), on Tuesday, 17 April 2012 at 5:30 pm in Parliament Hall, South Street, St Andrews. Micheal first visited ITIA in 2000, and in 2003, 2005 and 2009 he read excerpts from some of his previous collections…
We are living in a time when many clergy and lay professionals are calling upon Christians to be creative. This quote from Andy Crouch’s blog is an excellent example: Christians are becoming dissatisfied with the postures they adopted toward culture…
At what point can a work of theatre no longer be called a work of theatre? While definitions may be elusive (springing as they do from ever-changing experience), they serve a useful function: setting one thing apart from another. Sometimes…