The Digital Age and Arts Patronage: Part 2
In a previous post, I argued that one of the ways we can understand the digital age’s impact on arts patronage is in terms…
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The Value of Censorship
What is the value of censorship? Here are two reasons why artists might be pleased to find institutions exercising censorship…
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I state the obvious by saying that we are living in a world that is increasingly defined and shaped by the digital. Digital devices…
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A Lesson from The Book of Mormon
“I love this show. It has a beautiful heart.” – Baz Bamigboye, The London Daily Mail Last month controversial musical The Book of Mormon…
Read MoreLove and Death of the Simulacra
The simulacra are presences or appearances that have lost their ground in reality. They are, as it is sometimes said, a copy of a…
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Memorabilia: Just a cheap marketing trick?
As a resident of St Andrews, one could not escape the Royal Wedding celebrations of this past weekend. The multiple parties happening in St…
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Because it is Friday in this Place
This week Jenn Craft and Cole Matson have explored, in a thoughtful way, the significance of place in the arts. Today’s post will not…
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Cultural Transpositions: A Review of Culture, Inculturation, and Theologians
Gerald A. Arbuckle, Culture, Inculturation, and Theologians: A Postmodern Critique (Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2010). What do Christians means when we talk about contextualization and…
Read MoreVictorian Poetry, Social Justice, and New Media Satire of Christian Culture
I spend most of my time reading and writing about Edith Nesbit. Most Brits remember her best for her novel, The Railway Children. The…
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