About Author: Christopher R. Brewer

The son of Baptist missionaries, Chris has lived in four countries and five states. Before coming to St. Andrews, Chris, his wife Rachel and their two boys lived in Grand Rapids, MI where Chris completed his M.A. in Historical Theology as well as an M.Div. During this time he curated a growing art collection at Calvary Baptist Church (see here) and worked as a marketing manager for a Fortune 1000 company. He is pursuing a PhD with David Brown and is exploring the possibility of an imaginative natural theology. Along these lines, he is the founder and director of gospel through shared experience as well as the editor and publisher of Art that Tells the Story.

Posts by Christopher R. Brewer

  • In my last post, I suggested that Jonathan Borofsky’s counting and keeping of a dream record might be seen in terms of ancient Jewish scribal practice, and that doing so provides a context for reading his later work with religious...

    Considering Jonathan Borofsky’s “Walking to the Sky”

    Posted on 13/05/2013 | 4 Comments
    In my last post, I suggested that Jonathan Borofsky’s counting and keeping of a dream record might be seen in terms of ancient Jewish scribal practice, and that doing so provides a context for reading his later work with religious...

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  • Richard Viladesau. Theological Aesthetics: God in Imagination, Beauty, and Art. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999, xi + 294 pp. £17.99/$27.95 paper. A classic in the field, Viladesau’s Theological Aesthetics begins with the possibility of theological aesthetics, addressing approaches “from above” as well as “from...

    Reviews: Theological Aesthetics, Bridge to Wonder, and Arts of Wonder

    Posted on 26/04/2013 | No Comments
    Richard Viladesau. Theological Aesthetics: God in Imagination, Beauty, and Art. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999, xi + 294 pp. £17.99/$27.95 paper. A classic in the field, Viladesau’s Theological Aesthetics begins with the possibility of theological aesthetics, addressing approaches “from above” as well as “from...

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  • Jonathan Borofsky (b. 1942) is an American artist best known for his wall drawings, installations and public sculpture. He studied at Carnegie Mellon University, Ecole de Fontainebleau in Paris, and Yale University. After graduating from Yale in 1966, Borofsky moved...

    Counting and Dreams: Jonathan Borofsky as Scribe

    Posted on 08/04/2013 | No Comments
    Jonathan Borofsky (b. 1942) is an American artist best known for his wall drawings, installations and public sculpture. He studied at Carnegie Mellon University, Ecole de Fontainebleau in Paris, and Yale University. After graduating from Yale in 1966, Borofsky moved...

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  • Editor’s Note: In this 3-part series, Christopher R. Brewer and Cole Matson consider Ed’s Story, a series of short films.  In Part 1, Brewer introduces the series via David Brown’s Through the Eyes of Saints.  In Part 2, Matson will discuss...

    Through the Eyes of Ed Dobson: A Contemporary Saint Biopic

    Posted on 04/03/2013 | 1 Comment
    Editor’s Note: In this 3-part series, Christopher R. Brewer and Cole Matson consider Ed’s Story, a series of short films.  In Part 1, Brewer introduces the series via David Brown’s Through the Eyes of Saints.  In Part 2, Matson will discuss...

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  • Makoto Fujimura, Bruce Herman, and Christopher Theofanidis. QU4RTETS. New York: Fujimura Institute, 2012, 90 pp., $30.00 paper. This catalogue was published to coincide with the touring exhibition “QU4RTETS–art and music reflecting on T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets.” The catalogue includes a “Foreword” from...

    Review: QU4RTETS

    Posted on 01/02/2013 | No Comments
    Makoto Fujimura, Bruce Herman, and Christopher Theofanidis. QU4RTETS. New York: Fujimura Institute, 2012, 90 pp., $30.00 paper. This catalogue was published to coincide with the touring exhibition “QU4RTETS–art and music reflecting on T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets.” The catalogue includes a “Foreword” from...

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  • C. Stephen Evans. Natural Signs and Knowledge of God: A New Look at Theistic Arguments. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010, x + 207 pp., £20.00/$39.95 paper, £51.00/$85.00 cloth. In this book, C. Stephen Evans, University Professor of Philosophy and Humanities...

    Signs and Sacraments: Considering “Natural Signs and Knowledge of God”

    Posted on 28/01/2013 | 1 Comment
    C. Stephen Evans. Natural Signs and Knowledge of God: A New Look at Theistic Arguments. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010, x + 207 pp., £20.00/$39.95 paper, £51.00/$85.00 cloth. In this book, C. Stephen Evans, University Professor of Philosophy and Humanities...

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  • Editor’s Note: Transpositions is currently featuring a 5–part series on Daniel A. Siedell by Christopher R. Brewer. Part 1 – A Response to Siedell’s “Art and Culture, or Politics by Other Mean–Evangelical Style” was published 24 September, Part 2 – A Response to Siedell’s “Art...

    Of What Use Is Story? Further Reflections Upon a Storied Theology of the Arts

    Posted on 30/11/2012 | 1 Comment
    Editor’s Note: Transpositions is currently featuring a 5–part series on Daniel A. Siedell by Christopher R. Brewer. Part 1 – A Response to Siedell’s “Art and Culture, or Politics by Other Mean–Evangelical Style” was published 24 September, Part 2 – A Response to Siedell’s “Art...

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