The Tomb, the Throne, and the Fire: A Theological Reading of the Pentecost Icon
In traditional Christian iconography, Pentecost is associated with the image of tongues of flames, fire, or even doves, which signify the Holy Spirit in…
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Spirit and flame: A Practitioner’s Perspective on Gut String Playing
The following reflections explore a few ways in which my discipline as a violinist on gut-strung period instruments facilitates meditation on the Pentecost imagery…
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‘The Spirit of Something’: Presence and Absence in Andrew Wyeth’s Pentecost
Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009), an American regionalist landscape painter, reframes Christian imagery of Pentecost in his 1989 painting of the same name. In Pentecost, large…
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