Review: Assessing Ressourcement Today
Gabriel Flynn, and Paul D. Murray, eds. Ressourcement: A Movement for Renewal in Twentieth-Century Catholic Theology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012, xx + 583….
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Review: Arts Ministry: Nurturing the Creative Life of God’s People
Michael J. Bauer. Arts Ministry: Nurturing the Creative Life of God’s People. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2013, 328 pp., £19.99/$29.00, paper. In this ‘practical study of…
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Artist Ministry Round-Up
Following up on several recent posts about caring for celebrities and artists, Amber and I have decided to put together a list of organisations ministering to…
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Everything is Awesome: Two Theologies of Creativity in The LEGO Movie
Warning: MAJOR spoilers ahead. In The LEGO Movie, average construction worker Emmet is told he is the Special, the prophesied saviour of the Lego…
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Why Clergy Should Watch Fantasy and Science Fiction
What might make a good Sabbath habit for a clergy person in front of the TV or laptop screen? And what could possibly be…
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Visiting Scholars Series: Sanctifying Perception – Idols, Icons, and Dark Flesh
A little girl wants lighter skin. She stares at the back of her hand and says, “I just don’t like the way brown looks,…
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Pilgrimage and Image at Lincoln Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln (or, to most, simply Lincoln Cathedral), with its once-towering Gothic spires and pale stone,…
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Ghost Lines: The Relationship between the Artist and the Church [Part One]
Editor’s Note: This is the first of a three-part series on the relationship between the artist and the church. The second post will run…
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Mediocrity and Excellence: An Issue for Art in the Church
An issue that I continue to run into as I research the Christian church’s support of the arts is that of the quality of…
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