Illuminating the Bible
When I was young, one of my parents would end our meal together by pulling me up on their lap and reading a story…
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Playing the Kingdom of God
Last week, I wrote a post on Buren’s Columns, and I said that this installation of striped pillars in the courtyard of the Palais-Royal…
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Theology, Aesthetics, and Culture: Conversations with the Work of David Brown
This year the annual conference of the Institute for Theology, Imagination, and the Arts at the University of St Andrews—held 6-8 September—will focus on…
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Author’s note: If you have somehow managed neither to see Signs nor learn the ending, there are spoilers ahead. As a Christian watching M….
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Reg Mombassa’s “Australian Jesus”
From the mid 1990’s Mambo designer Reg Mombassa shocked, horrified and delighted with his, now, iconic series titled “Australian Jesus.” The overwhelming community reactions…
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Harlots Peddling Beauty…
Diary of an Arts Pastor recently listed his top 41 artist biographies. The Agony and the Ecstasy, Irving Stone’s biography of Michelangelo, made no….
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Learning to Be Critics with Our Hands and Feet
When it comes to criticism and interpretation of art and culture, of the writing of books, journal articles, blog posts and facebook notes there…
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If Sport is a God, then why don’t all my teams win?
Describing Sport as a Religion is nothing new – heck, I’ve done it here and here – but this year I’ve started noticing a…
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