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Wesley Vander Lugt

Wesley Vander Lugt is the former editor of Transpositions. He earned his PhD at the Institute for Theology, Imagination, and the Arts (ITIA), where his research focused on the dynamic interplay between formation and performance in the theodrama. Currently, he is lead pastor at Warehouse 242 and Adjunct Professor in Christianity and the Arts at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Charlotte, NC

Imagination, Theology21/06/2017

Synoptic Imagination

By Wesley Vander Lugt

In the introduction to the Imagination Symposium, I mentioned that I would be writing on synthetic imagination. Recent conversations with colleagues, however, persuaded me…

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Christianity and the Theatre, Featured, Theatre, Theology06/07/2012

A Thesis on the Theatrical Turn in Christian Thought and Practice [Part Two]

By Wesley Vander Lugt

Wes Vander Lugt’s thesis on the ‘theatrical turn’ in Christianity concludes below. To restate his thesis in full: Christian existence is a dialogical, divine…

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Christianity and the Theatre, Theatre, Theology05/07/2012

A Thesis on the Theatrical Turn in Christian Thought and Practice [Part One]

By Wesley Vander Lugt

Due to circumstances outside our control, Josh Edelman’s post has been moved to Saturday. Today, please enjoy Part One of Wes Vander Lugt’s A Thesis…

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Creativity, Poetry13/12/2011

Advent, Art and Receptivity

By Wesley Vander Lugt

At the heart of advent is the attitude of receptivity. Gabriel appears to Mary and delivers the earth-shattering news: “You will be with child…

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Books and Scholarship, Literature, Reviews, Theatre, Theology14/11/2011

Christian Theology and Tragedy: Wrestling with the Woundedly Embroiled

By Wesley Vander Lugt

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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Beauty, Books and Scholarship, Ethics, Reviews, Theology17/10/2011

Beauty, Ethics, and Reformed Spirituality

By Wesley Vander Lugt

What does saving seeds have to do with splendor, or responsible waste disposal with wonder, or biodiversity with beauty? Everything, according to Belden Lane,…

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Books and Scholarship, Imagination, Reviews28/07/2011

Art that Tells the Story: A Review

By Wesley Vander Lugt

Christopher R. Brewer, ed., Art that Tells the Story. Grand Rapids, MI: Gospel through Shared Experience, 2011. 102 pp., $24.99 paper. Don’t open the book right…

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