The Canary in the Coal Mine? Thoughts on Allegory
Teaching allegory is always a bit of an uphill battle. I used to think that allegory was difficult for students because they simply weren’t…
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Review: Culture and the Death of God
Terry Eagleton, Culture and the Death of God, Yale University Press, New Haven and London 2014, pgs. 208 $19.99 Hardcover ISBN 978-0-300-20399-8 Terry Eagleton…
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Playfulness is a Serious Task: The Spiritual Fusion of Seriousness and Playfulness Reflected in González-Torres’ Portrait of Ross in L.A.
Is there something both playful and serious about death? The answer to this question is artfully demonstrated by Cuban-born artist Félix González-Torres. His Portrait…
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On Wittgenstein, Metaphor & God-Talk, or How a Love for Whisky Can Make You a Better Theologian
In a famous passage from his Philosophical Investigations, Ludwig Wittgenstein explores a limitation of language: “Describe the aroma of coffee. Why can’t it be…
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Expressive Individualism: The Cult of the Artist as Genius and Milton’s Lucifer
Our culture is, whether we know it or not, a Romantic culture, indeed, a revolutionary culture, that is, one predicated on the rejection of…
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Poetry: Two New Poems from Malcolm Guite
Transpositions is excited to provide a platform for established as well as upcoming poets whose work pushes forward our own collective interest in the areas of theology,…
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Theology of the Body in Modern Horror
In the history of the development of the horror novel certain periods become associated with certain social and cultural anxieties. The classic example is…
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Presence, Presentness, and Grace: Reflections on Art and Theology with Michael Fried and Marina Abramovic
Many of the abiding questions of both art and religion center on presence. In a theological register we ask: How does the divine become…
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Heaven Is a Place on Earth: Finding the Sacred in the Secular
I grew up in a church that had only traditional worship—and I loved it. As I got older, I remained loyal to Newton, Watts,…
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