Hearing Visual Art in Dorothy L. Sayers’ Radio Plays
A few years ago, when I taught an undergraduate ‘systematic theology for artists’ class, we looked at the traditional ways certain biblical scenes are…
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Introducing Aesthetic Fast – a new performance art piece inspired by the prophetic traditions
Biblical background: In recent decades, performance art has considered how intangible experiences, such as fasting and other acts of endurance, may be viewed as…
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Review: The Living Icon in Byzantium and Italy
Paroma Chatterjee. The Living Icon in Byzantium and Italy: The Vita Image, Eleventh to Thirteenth Centuries. Cambridge University Press, 2014. 297pp. 34 B/W, 16…
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Review: John Piper – The Fabric of Modernism
John Piper: The Fabric of Modernism marks the fiftieth anniversary of Piper’s High Altar tapestry in Chichester Cathedral by celebrating and exploring his textile…
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Achtung Baby: How to Live in an Age of Distraction
When a monk asks you a question, it’s generally wise to listen. I learned this lesson on my annual silent retreat at the monastery…
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A Lenten Journey: He is Risen!
This is the final post of a collaborative series, A Lenten Journey: Poetic Reflections, featuring the poetry of Gerald St. Maur alongside the photography of…
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A Lenten Journey: Poetic Reflections pt. 3
The Third Fall But crowds grow impatient with pause, their power lost in the irritant of reflection. A clenched fist thrust in His face…
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A Lenten Journey: Poetic Reflections pt. 2
This is the second of a three-part collaborative series featuring the poetry of Gerald St. Maur and the photography of Rev. Thomas Brauer. Mother Mary…
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A Lenten Journey: Poetic Reflections pt. 1
This week Transpositions is honored to feature a series of collaborative meditations on the events of Lent by drawing together the poetry of Gerald St….
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