A sacred artist whose work graces churches and homes throughout his native England, Nicholas Mynheer (pronounced MY-neer) works in paint, glass, and stone. He was born in 1958 in Horton-cum-Studley, a country village in the wetland region of Otmoor, Oxfordshire;…
Editor’s Note: As part of our monthly focus on the TheoArtistry project and its collaboration with Sir James MacMillan, we offer another insightful article that examines one of his pieces. Waiting. Anticipation. Our society is not skilled at either. Patience…
Jonathan A. Anderson and William A. Dyrness. Modern Art and the Life of a Culture: The Religious Impulses of Modernism. Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Academic. 2016. 376 pages. $15.25 paperback, £11.39 Kindle. In this compelling collaboration between an artist and…
Chichester Cathedral houses two 20th paintings of the Baptism of Christ[1]: one by Hans Feibusch (1951/77) in the Baptistery, the other by Patrick Procktor (1984) in the chapel of John the Baptist. Hans Feibusch (1898-1998) was a German Jewish artist…
On a cold, bright day in November, I stepped into the Senate Room at the University of St Andrews to participate in my first ever symposium. A dozen or so august academics gazed down upon the room from antique portraits.…
ITIA (the Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts, University of St Andrews) is delighted to present the opportunity to work with Sir James MacMillan and research students on a short Scriptural setting for choir, as part of theTheoartistry Composers Scheme.…
The following two poems were written as part of a project exploring the possibilities of employing iambic pentameter – that worn, old meter perfected by the Bard himself – in poetry of an otherwise contemporary idiom. Robert Frost deserves credit…
As early as 2005, the Los Angeles Times was announcing the arrival of a new generation of musicians whose preference for introversion over boisterous ego and overwrought sexuality signaled a “Soft Revolution” of sorts. At the forefront of this timid overturning within the music…
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, imagination, and the arts. Today, we offer two new poems from Malcolm Guite. How To…