Review: Fashion Theology
Robert Covolo, Fashion Theology. Baylor University Press, 2020, 200 pp. $39.95 (hardcover). In an article published by Transpositions in 2010, Robert Covolo (Ph. D….
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Keep Calm and Pray On
If you haven’t seen “Keep Calm and Carry On” or one of its variations over the past decade, you’ve missed a truly global phenomenon.[1]…
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I had a friend in high school who had a bumpersticker on her car that read, “Warning: in case of rapture car will be…
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The irony is not lost on me: I love watching “Project Runway” – the reality competition show for aspiring fashion designers hosted by supermodel…
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A few months ago, Bob Covolo suggested we consider fashion to be a legitimate form of theological investigation – just as we examine our…
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Giles Lipovetsky has observed that, “The question of fashion is not a fashionable one among intellectuals.” The dearth of anything close to a theological…
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