About Author: Wesley Vander Lugt

Wesley Vander Lugt is the former editor of Transpositions. His PhD research at the Institute for Theology, Imagination, and the Arts focuses on the dynamic interplay between formation and performance in the theodrama.

Posts 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 and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus.” Mary’s...

    Advent, Art and Receptivity

    Posted on 13/12/2011 | 1 Comment
    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 and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus.” Mary’s...

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  • A Review of Kevin Taylor and Giles Waller, eds., Christian Theology and Tragedy: Theologians, Tragic Literature and Tragic Theory (Ashgate, 2011). Christians are quick to claim a comedic faith, highlighting not the hilarity of Christian existence, but the ultimate victory...

    Christian Theology and Tragedy: Wrestling with the Woundedly Embroiled

    Posted on 14/11/2011 | 1 Comment
    A Review of Kevin Taylor and Giles Waller, eds., Christian Theology and Tragedy: Theologians, Tragic Literature and Tragic Theory (Ashgate, 2011). Christians are quick to claim a comedic faith, highlighting not the hilarity of Christian existence, but the ultimate victory...

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  • What does saving seeds have to do with splendor, or responsible waste disposal with wonder, or biodiversity with beauty? Everything, according to Belden Lane, especially when viewed through the lens of Reformed theology. For those who understand Reformed theology to...

    Beauty, Ethics, and Reformed Spirituality

    Posted on 17/10/2011 | 1 Comment
    What does saving seeds have to do with splendor, or responsible waste disposal with wonder, or biodiversity with beauty? Everything, according to Belden Lane, especially when viewed through the lens of Reformed theology. For those who understand Reformed theology to...

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  • Christopher R. Brewer, with reflections by Michael E. Wittmer, Art that Tells the Story (gospel through shared experience, 2011). Don’t open the book right away. Put it in your hands, feel its heft, appreciate the cover. Are you ready? This...

    Art that Tells the Story: A Review

    Posted on 28/07/2011 | 1 Comment
    Christopher R. Brewer, with reflections by Michael E. Wittmer, Art that Tells the Story (gospel through shared experience, 2011). Don’t open the book right away. Put it in your hands, feel its heft, appreciate the cover. Are you ready? This...

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  • “It is the immemorial dream of the talentless that a sufficient devotion to doctrine will produce art.” -David Mamet, Theatre The American playwright and director David Mamet does not mince his words. He detests arrogant intellectuals who claim they can...

    Avoiding Deadly Doctrine

    Posted on 15/07/2011 | No Comments
    “It is the immemorial dream of the talentless that a sufficient devotion to doctrine will produce art.” -David Mamet, Theatre The American playwright and director David Mamet does not mince his words. He detests arrogant intellectuals who claim they can...

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  • In participatory theatre, everyone involved produces a work that no one could accomplish alone. Is it the same when we are performing the faith?

    There Are No Spectators: Participatory Theatre and Performing the Faith

    Posted on 20/05/2011 | 2 Comments
    In participatory theatre, everyone involved produces a work that no one could accomplish alone. Is it the same when we are performing the faith?

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  • Wesley Vander Lugt is editor of Transpositions and a PhD candidate at the Institute for Theology, Imagination, and the Arts, researching the relationship between preparation and performance in the Christian life, looking to theatre for an imaginative model. *     *    ...

    Synoptic Imagination

    Posted on 30/04/2011 | No Comments
    Wesley Vander Lugt is editor of Transpositions and a PhD candidate at the Institute for Theology, Imagination, and the Arts, researching the relationship between preparation and performance in the Christian life, looking to theatre for an imaginative model. *     *    ...

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