Review: St John and the Victorians
Michael Wheeler, St John and the Victorians, Cambridge University Press, 2014, 286 pps., $44.99 / £30.82 This is a fun book. Lurking behind profound…
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A Friendly Easter Exhortation: Rise Up and Get the Hell Out of Here
In the midst of Holy Week, as we enter into the dramatic triduum of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday, it is worth…
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From Dust to Dust…to Dust
After tracing the scattered trail of “dust” through the Scriptures, I’ve come to think that many of us have got Lent only half right….
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Review: Contrasting Images of the Book of Revelation in Late Medieval and Early Modern Art
Natasha F. H. O’Hear, Contrasting Images of the Book of Revelation in Late Medieval and Early Modern Art: A Case Study in Visual Exegesis….
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The Cult, Fear, and Myth of the New: Three (conflicting) Narratives
In a recent article titled How to Discourage Artists in the Church, Philip G. Ryken suggests that ‘[m]any Christian artists live between two strange worlds,’…
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Is Christianity Unified?: A Perspective from True Blood
On Facebook several weeks ago, a friend mentioned in a passing status something about Christian unity and the division of denominations to which someone…
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Red Flag: ‘The Americans’ and Humanising the Enemy
[Please note, this post contains spoilers for the FX series, The Americans.] I recently watched the premier of FX’s period-drama The Americans with great interest, for…
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Reflecting on the Lion’s World during Lent: Scripture and Literature in Conversation
Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams recently published a compact volume reflecting on the theological riches of Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia, titled The Lion’s World:…
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Review: Genesis: William Blake’s Last Illuminated Work
Mark Crosby and Robert N. Essick, eds., Genesis: William Blake’s Last Illuminated Work. San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, 2012. 100 pp., £55.00/$80.00 cloth. The purpose of…
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