About Author: Jenn Craft

Jennifer Allen Craft is a regular contributor at Transpositions. Jenn is from southwest Georgia (think swamp, red clay, peanuts, and gnats) and holds a B. A. in Biblical Studies and Humanities from Atlanta Christian College and an M.Litt. in Theology, Imagination and the Arts from St. Andrews. She is currently working on a PhD on the theological significance of place with special attention to the role of the arts in the way we make and identify with places.

Posts by Jenn Craft

  • The new feminism of the mid-20th century brought several opportunities and expectations for women. Among them was the idea that women no longer had to stay confined to the home. As a result, the domestic arts that women had so...

    Domestic Arts and a Sense of Place

    The new feminism of the mid-20th century brought several opportunities and expectations for women. Among them was the idea that women no longer had to stay confined to the home. As a result, the domestic arts that women had so...

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  • Often on this blog, we have talked about ways in which the arts might help us encounter God. In this, my last regular post on Transpositions, I thought I might summarize some of these central points, both as a matter...

    Encountering God Through Art: Some Issues

    Often on this blog, we have talked about ways in which the arts might help us encounter God. In this, my last regular post on Transpositions, I thought I might summarize some of these central points, both as a matter...

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  • Environmental art has become commonplace in today’s art world. Where we have constant threat to species survival, unpredictable weather patterns, or overuse of resources, artists have been keen to suggest alternative viewpoints, practices, or commentary on the way societies have...

    Environmental Art and a New Creation: Marlene Creates’ Art of Place

    Environmental art has become commonplace in today’s art world. Where we have constant threat to species survival, unpredictable weather patterns, or overuse of resources, artists have been keen to suggest alternative viewpoints, practices, or commentary on the way societies have...

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  • We outline ta vision for scholarly collaboration, and offer some practical considerations to keep in mind when approaching a collaborative process in theology and the arts.

    Art of Collaboration (part II): practical approaches to collaboration in theology and the arts

    We outline ta vision for scholarly collaboration, and offer some practical considerations to keep in mind when approaching a collaborative process in theology and the arts.

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  • While the scholarly study of place is becoming increasingly more common, there is still comparatively little theological work published on the topic. Craig Bartholomew’s Where Mortals Dwell adds to this biblical and theological conversation by offering, as the subtitle indicates,...

    Where Mortals Dwell: A Review

    While the scholarly study of place is becoming increasingly more common, there is still comparatively little theological work published on the topic. Craig Bartholomew’s Where Mortals Dwell adds to this biblical and theological conversation by offering, as the subtitle indicates,...

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  • 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 it is our making of culture within a place that preserves our ‘place’ within it.” While...

    Placemaking 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 it is our making of culture within a place that preserves our ‘place’ within it.” While...

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  • Transpositions will be devoting the next week to Art Appreciation! Together with some guest contributors, we’ll be exploring what it means to “appreciate” art, what role the church has in encouraging and cultivating art appreciation, and what the history and...

    Introducing Art Appreciation Week

    Transpositions will be devoting the next week to Art Appreciation! Together with some guest contributors, we’ll be exploring what it means to “appreciate” art, what role the church has in encouraging and cultivating art appreciation, and what the history and...

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