Ewan Bowlby

Ewan is a doctoral student at the Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts (ITIA) in St Andrews, under the supervision of George Corbett. He is researching the possible benefits of using the arts as a means to create conversation between theologians and cancer patients. Other interests include theological engagement with popular culture, the relationship between theology and humour, and the use of narrative form for theological expression.

Beauty, Bible, Series, The Saint John's Bible23/11/2018

Review: ‘The Saint John’s Bible’ and Its Tradition: Illuminating Beauty in the Twenty-First Century

By Ewan Bowlby

Jack R. Baker, Jeffrey Bilbro, and Daniel Train, eds. ‘The Saint John’s Bible’ and Its Tradition: Illuminating Beauty in the Twenty-First Century. Eugene, OR:…

Articles, Reviews19/10/2018

Review: Redeeming Transcendence in the Arts

By Ewan Bowlby

Jeremy Begbie. Redeeming Transcendence in the Arts: Bearing Witness to the Triune God. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2018. 212 pp. $18, paperback. Jeremy Begbie’s Redeeming…

Articles, Featured15/10/2018

Spiritual Soundings in the ‘Secular Campaign for Silence’

By Ewan Bowlby

In the aftermath of the shocking attack on the Manchester Arena in May 2017, Emergency Response volunteer Ruskia Shepherd travelled to a local hospital…

Articles09/04/2018

Theology, Cancer and Sentimentality in the Arts

By Ewan Bowlby

In a society in which incidence rates of cancer are continually rising, [1] the theological community is faced with the daunting prospect of trying…