Christian Theology and Tragedy: Wrestling with the Woundedly Embroiled
A Review of Kevin Taylor and Giles Waller, eds., Christian Theology and Tragedy: Theologians, Tragic Literature and Tragic Theory (Ashgate, 2011). Christians are quick…
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Jonah’s Scrapbook Journal: a journey of theological and artistic exploration
I have always been excited by children’s literature and even now, at the age of 33, my good reads account is full of authors…
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Incarnational Analogies: The Soteriology of The Runaway Bunny
Margaret Wise Brown’s classic children’s story The Runaway Bunny1 (illustrated by Clement Hurd) has garnered scant scholarly attention since its publication in 1942, although…
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Earthly Visions: A Review
Review of T.J. Gorringe, Earthly Visions: Theology and the Challenges of Art (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011), 254 pages. “How does art contribute…
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Death, Art and Christian Worship
In a week marked by Halloween and All Saints Day, it seems very appropriate to write about death. Over the last few weeks, I…
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Tikkun Olam: Can artists and theologians mend the world?
A couple of months ago, a conference and exhibition took place, which I had the privilege to help organise. We chose for our theme…
Read MoreDorothy L. Sayers on the Contemplative Vocation of the Artist
One of my favourite pieces of writing by Dorothy L. Sayers is her 1946 letter exchange with C.S. Lewis.[1] Lewis wrote to Sayers inviting…
Read MorePlacemaking through the Arts
A couple of weeks ago, Sara reflected on the importance of culture-making to our experience of place. She said, “I want to suggest that…
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God’s Grandeur: The Arts and Imagination in Theology
God’s Grandeur is a collection of essays from the 2006 annual conference of the College Theology Society (CTS) and National Association of Baptist Professors…
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